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Betty Wright Packed A Lifetime Career’s Worth Of Musical Towards Her Youthful Very First Act

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Betty Wright Packed A Lifetime Career’s Worth Of Musical Towards Her Youthful Very First Act

A Miami label located in the back of Johnny’s Records in her home neighborhood of Liberty City in 1966, Betty Wright dropped by the offices of Deep City. She was in fact recently found by musician, songwriter and producer Clarence Reid, who desired Deep City co-founder Willie Clarke to have a listen to Wright’s singing chops. As recounted in journalist John Capouya’s book, Florida Soul, Clarke ended up being rehearsing by having a musical organization as he heard Wright performing over Billy Stewart’s “Summertime” an additional space: “The record had been down low but she had overpowered their lead sound.