Yvonne Fair
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Yvonne Fair (June 3, 1942 – March 6, 1994) was an African American singer. Yvonne got her start as a latter-day member of the re-formulated Chantels and the James Brown Revue. While performing with Brown she recorded the song "I Found You," which he later re-worked into his own signature hit "I Got You (I Feel Good)." Signed to Motown Records in the early 1970s as a result of her work with Chuck Jackson, she appeared in a minor role as a chanteuse in the film Lady Sings the Blues before hooking up with producer Norman Whitfield for a first-rate series of singles: "Love Ain't No Toy," "Walk Out the Door If You Wanna," and what is perhaps the definitive version of "Funky Music Sho' 'Nuff Turns Me On." Her remake of the Kim Weston/Gladys Knight semi-standard "It Should Have Been Me" dented the lower end of the pop charts in 1976. In the UK it reached the dizzy heights of #5, being in the charts for 11 weeks, and the track itself became a club classic.She was married to Sammy Strain of The Imperials.
Fair died in Las Vegas in 1994.
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[edit] Albums
- The Bitch Is Black (1975)
Reissued on CD in 2008 by Reel Music - (Reel Music)
[edit] Singles
Releases on Tamla Motown (UK)
- TMG913 Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On / Let Your Hair Down 7"
- TMG1013 It Should Have Been Me / You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover 7"
- TMG1025 It's Bad For Me To See You / Walk Out the Door If You Wanna 7"
[edit] Footnotes
james brown' original funky divas
