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Submitted: 3/12/14 • Approved: 4/13/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R42432-G30938-S3
August 16, 1942, Smithridge, Louisiana - August 10, 2006, Chauvin, Louisiana
American R&B singer and songwriter.
Born Barbara Ann Smith, she was raised in New Orleans and began singing in a church choir. She was discovered by singer Jessie Hill, who recommended her to record producer, Harold Battiste. Her first record on Battiste's AFO (All For One) record label, "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)", which she wrote, was issued in late 1961, and both topped the R&B chart and made #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was later recorded by many other artistes, including the Merseybeats, Ike and Tina Turner and Bonnie Raitt.
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