Betty Harris - Soul Perfection LP

Description:
Soul singer Betty Harris - mainly known for her Jubilee and Sansu recordings - was born in 1939 in Orlando, Florida. As a teenager she worked as a mate for Big Maybelle who encouraged her to start singing. First recording was released in 1962, her major hit was a cover of Solomon Burkes "Cry To Me" in 1963.
Taken at a slower pace, Harris rendition turned the song into a Billboard Hot 100 number 23 hit and soon became a deep soul classic. A total of three further singles including a reissue of "Cry to Me" were released on Jubilee with "His Kiss", which was released on January 4, 1964, another deep soul ballad, reaching the lower part of the Billboard Pop and R&B charts. In 1964, Betty Harris switched record labels to Sansu, a New Orleans label, where she was produced by Allen Toussaint. Her recordings with Sansu produced ten singles and Toussaint raw yet sophisticated Southern soul arrangements behind Harris rich, distinctive vocal, are considered prime specimens of the classic soul era.
Soul Perfection, originally licensed on UK label Action in 1969 , was in fact a collection of her previous works on Sansu, a rare groove affair rapidly in demand between a crowd of obsessive fans all over the world. Harris retired from performing in 1970 to raise a family and made an occasional return in 2007 with the album Intuition.
Format & package: LP
Record Label: Soulgramma
Year of release: 2022 (reissued from 1969)
Tracks:
A1 Ride Your Pony
A2 What A Sad Feeling
A3 Bad Luck
A4 I'm Gonna Git Ya
A5 Show It
A6 Can't Last Much Longer
A7 I Don't Wanna Hear It
A8 Sometime
B1 Mean Man
B2 Lonely Hearts
B3 Hook Line 'N' Sinker
B4 What'd I Do Wrong
B5 Trouble With My Lover
B6 Nearer To You
B7 I'm Evil Tonight
B8 12 Red Roses