#cleanupwoman

[richardmurrayhumblr]

Fly Free Betty wright, it was cancer not the corona virus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVk-m1Pr4s

Tonight is the night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyvn5idWuhE

[djuncletone]

Happy Easter... Tune in Today 11AM-Midnight only on @dtfradio Reposted from @dchiv - #TBT #CleanUpWoman By Mama @therealbettywright #Goodvibes #Drums #Music #dchivmusic I Do Not Own The Rights To This Song! - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BwhT3v9lTSjaIfb3jvzxVZGDIBM7gmAIyeFcD00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p7v7soe0pkcg

[ericblackmonmusic]

CLEAN UP WOMAN Betty Wright Funk Bag Guitar Lesson @EricBlackmonGuitar

[fashionartfilmalien]

RIP the great Betty Wright 1953-2020 #ripbettywright🙏🏾 #greatsinger #bettywright #tonightisthenight❤️ #afterthepain #cleanupwoman #soul https://www.instagram.com/p/CAHGpGPjM62/?igshid=1uax1mzzadmg2

[fortheloveofyoualways]

#Repost @thejasminebrand • • • • • • #Soul icon #BettyWright has sadly died today, Sunday (10 May) at the age of 66. The #singer was best known for the song #CleanUpWoman. #RIP 🙏🏽🙏🏽 https://www.instagram.com/p/CADohAhFUko/?igshid=2mtfu3eya64k

[ecclesia17]

Good Morning folks! And thanks for all of the condolences!! Looks like ABC gave their tribute too!! She will always rock on! Missing you always Godmother! Keep on inspiring! Love you much.XO!#bettywright#cleanupwoman#legend#musicartist#godmother#loveyoulots https://www.instagram.com/p/CADYfwRDnwC/?igshid=4n5dc7lv1aw0

[trascapades]

🎶🙏🏿🎤🎶🕊 #ArtIsAWeapon Peaceful journeys to soulful singer-singwriter #BettyWright. Her voice is a part of my childhood. Her 1970's smash "Cleanup Woman" was a staple growing up in my house. It is one of those songs I "knew" and "sang" all the words as a little little girl, not at all knowing the very adult subject matter. Yesterday I was so surprised to learn that Betty was the featured vocalist on Peter Brown's 1978 funk-disco classic "Dance With Me." https://youtu.be/B8LjMA8onoA (H/t @justblaze.) Love and light to her family, friends and fans worldwide. _______________________ Excerpt from @essence ✍🏿@corimurray - 'Clean Up Woman' Singer Betty Wright Has Died THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SOUL SINGER WAS 66. The music industry is suffering from another significant loss as sources close to Betty Wright’s family have confirmed her passing. She was 66. Known for R&B classics such as “Tonight Is the Night” and “No Pain, (No Gain),” Wright’s ubiquitous 1972 single “Clean Up Woman” would be immortalized in hip hop soul history when it was sampled for the remix of Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love.” Born Bessie Regina Norris, Wright’s early singing career started by performing with the Echoes of Joy, her family’s gospel group in Miami. By the age of 15, she released her first solo album My First Time Around and had her first Top 40 song “Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do.” Wright would go onto win a Grammy Award in 1974 for best R&B song, “Where Is the Love?” Throughout the late 70s and early 80s, the singer-songwriter would continue releasing music and her 1988 hit “No Pain, (No Gain)” would be Wright’s last significant song on the charts in a career spanning five decades. But this did not stop Wright, who would continue performing, writing and producing, as well as being an active member of The Recording Academy. A newer generation knew her from the Making the Band reality series, where she appeared as a vocal coach. In 2011, she partnered with The Roots for Betty Wright: The Movie. IMAGE: Betty Wright in 1973. #Photograph: Gilles Petard/Redferns #CleanUpWoman #SoulMusic #RnB #SingerSongwriter #TraScapades #SoundtrackOfMyLife #MusicIsLife #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/CADTF0JgVMf/?igshid=41ex00b4mqea

[informationpalace]

Betty Wright: A Legendary Soul Singer Died at the Age of 66

When Betty Wright was just 17, she had her first hit, "Clean Up Woman," and became a central player in the Miami funk sound of the 1970s.  

Betty Wright, a strong singer who had a breakthrough hit single when she was 17, went on to be a key player in the 1970s Miami funk sound, and worked closely with music stars over the next four decades, dying at her home in Miami on Sunday. She was 66. Her death was confirmed by S-Curve Records' Steve Greenberg, who said Ms. Wright had been diagnosed with cancer in the fall, and had received chemotherapy. “She was an incredible writer, producer and mentor to young artists,” Mr. Greenberg said. “It’s an incredible loss.” Ms. Wright's 1971 single, "Clean Up Woman," reflected the turn of funk music into a disco, and her syncopated, soulful sound created a prototype that for the remainder of the decade enjoyed great chart success. "Clean Up Woman" peaked on the single chart to No. 6. While she never reached the mainstream success again, Ms. Wright remained a staple of the Billboard R&B chart and put 20 separate singles in the R&B Top 40, as a lead singer, duet partner or influential background vocalist. She was on the R&B and dance charts as recently as 2007 with "Baby," a duet with next generation soul singer Angie Stone.

"She is what is uperbly rhythmic vocalist who pushes against the beat and negotiates with ease the tricky rhythmic crosscurrents of the music," wrote Robert Palmer, reviewing a live show for The New York Times in 1977. "Her gospel melismata is used in a conservative, musical manner, not as mannerisms or tics." In 2011, Ms. Wright joined up with the Philadelphia hip-hop collective the Roots for an album entitled "Betty Wright: The Movie," which featured Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne guest appearances. “Betty Wright can lay greater claim to being the voice of ‘every woman’ than, say, Chaka or Aretha,” Nick Coleman wrote, reviewing the album for The Independent in the U.K. James Reed in The Boston Globe called it “smart, probing R&B for grown-ups,” and an extension of “the fierce, funky sound that made Wright so irresistible in the 1970s.” Ms. Wright's career as a songwriter, arranger, and producer has been lasting. Her credit list includes, among others, Stevie Wonder, Stephen Stills, David Byrne, Alice Cooper, Jennifer Lopez, Erykah Badu, Bob Marley, Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, Keyshia Cole, P. Diddy, Kelly Clarkson, Nas. Betty Wright was known as an adviser to a new generation of soul artists, helping the British singer Joss Stone produce albums, carrying on a mentoring legacy that began in the early days of her career. She helped George and Gwen McCrae sign to Alston Records as a teen; she supported Peter Brown in the late 1970s and sang backed vocals on his "Dance With Me" single. Bessie Regina Norris, the youngest of seven daughters, was born in Miami on 21 Dec. 1953. When she was 2, she started singing professionally in the Echoes of Joy a gospel group formed by her siblings. Dick Clark interviewed Ms. Wright on "American Bandstand" in 1978, and when he asked if she was a "church singer," she responded, "Absolutely. I am there even now.” Do not forget leaving your valuable comment on this piece of writing and sharing with your near and dear ones. To keep yourself up-to-date with Information Palace, put your email in the space given below and Subscribe. Furthermore, if you yearn to know about retirement of Henry Cejudo, view our construct, ‘Henry Cejudo announces retirement after TKO vs. Dominick Cruz match.’ Read the full article

[karevheritagehiphop]

3 musical icons gone in 1 weekend. #RIPAndreHarrell #RIPLittleRichard #RIPBettyWright #UptownRecords #Tootyfruity #Cleanupwoman Music took a big loss this weekend. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAB9eV7lpyM/?igshid=1a4vgf9hbqdj8

[djdmc1]

R.I.P. Betty Wright🎼🎤#cleanupwoman #tonightisthenight Music4Life https://www.instagram.com/p/CABgNZRJo6Cm5XZvflE9ktPipFx4um32s6cYX40/?igshid=14lnvmmdd17tt

[plentyofshade]

Grammy-winning soul icon, Betty Wright has passed away on May 10, 2020. _______________________________ Betty recorded several songs such as: "Clean Up Woman, "Let Me Be Your Love Maker" and "Shoorah Shoorah." The legendary icon was the first African-American female singer who went gold on her own record label. ______________________________ To continue, Wright is the one who popularized the famous phrase, "No pain, no gain," back in the 70s. _______________________________ Curve Records confirmed with #TMZ that Betty was diagnosed with cancer last fall and fought until the last minute. (SWIPE ➡️) _______________________________ We send our deepest condolences to her family members, friends and fans. May she rest in peace. (Betty Wright 1953-2020) . . . . . . . . #CANCERSUCKS #BessieReginaNorris #CleanUpWoman #LetMeBeYourLovemaker #ShoorahShoorah #RIPBettyWright #Soul #RnB #Plentyofshade #Singer #Legacy #WhereIsTheLove https://www.instagram.com/p/CABdr7LF2BL/?igshid=ry96jtwzqj38

[naturalbornthriller]

Bessie Regina Norris 1953~2020 #BettyWright #Soul #Funk #Gospel #Disco #CleanUpWoman #TonightIsTheNight #WhereIsTheLove #DanceWithMe #RIPBettyWright https://www.instagram.com/p/CABZD8sA3xq/?igshid=oumj2i9yv0ef

[nicholaspatrickwilliams]

This is a very hard loss for me. Rest well, our no-nonsense “clean-up woman.” @therealbettywright has passed away. When I tell you that “Betty Wright Live” is not only one of my favorite albums ever, it is one of the BEST live albums ever—a shining example of her soulful artistry, and the album from which our favorite—“Tonight is the Night” (live) comes from. #BettyWright #CleanupWoman #FindYourVisceral #Music #SoulMusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CABYrezJJ0J/?igshid=h58floh145nd

[itsjustanthoff]

They say it comes in threes...in one weekend, the culture has loss @andreharrell, Little Richard and now @therealbettywright. Wright is the voice responsible for “Tonight Is The Night”, “No Pain, No again” and my personal favorite “Clean Up Woman”. Rest Easy Queen. #BettyWright #CleanUpWoman #NoPainNoGain #TonightIsTheNight https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAwhZsnDxf/?igshid=nfqr502pthth

[tamsavage]

My family always says death comes in threes ... 2020 is a bitch on wheels ... Rest In Power Miss Betty Wright #Soullegend #cleanupwoman #bettywright #musicicon https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAuDqhBR8H/?igshid=albtx8k95kf8

[naturallymeandyou]

I’m just gonna let @driuua tell y’all about these candles 🕯 lol. Sis done renamed the candle to the #cleanupwoman 😩😩😩🤣🤣🤣. Thank you sis #candles #customertestimonial #pardonaturals https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt3xDs6FMWv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s0mihr6ot6e5