A Los Angeles church singer who became a British soul staple after catching the Stones' ear.
For a quick sense of her sound, start with 'Angel of the Morning' and 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright.' They show what she brought over from those LA church choirs.
Her 1968 cover of 'Angel of the Morning' became her signature song, but there's more to her story than that one hit. She brought a genuine Watts-to-London soul sound that you can hear in songs like 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright' and 'Yesterday.' That voice, developed singing in LA clubs as a teenager, carried through decades of recording and performing.
She was performing professionally in LA clubs by her early teens when Mick Jagger and Keith Richards heard her sing in 1966. They invited her to join The Rolling Stones' U.S. tour as a backing vocalist, which led to her solo career starting with 'First Cut Is the Deepest' in 1967.
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