American country pop singer born in Alabama 1944. Begun her carrer as a session singer for artists like Elvis Presley, Percy Sledge, Joe Tex and Tommy Roe. Her first solo effort - a 1965 45 issue for Bell Records - didn't catch on, but soon after she got a contract with MGM and managed four hit singles in a row, whereof three reaching #12 on Billboard. Her two first albums didn't do as well - the debute "Born A Woman" halted at #129 while this didn't chart at all. Seems a little unfair to me. Though song choice almost all through points her out as some kind of victim of love and the orchestrated backing so smooth and well arranged you could call it easy listening, her voice makes it worth it, at least for me. It isn't very strong, but the vocals move between girlish and mature in a very sensual way, making it personal and as such...sexy. Exemples below. I'm always looking for special female vocals from back then and this was certainly a good find. Also originally issued on vinyl in Canada, Downunder, UK, Germany and South Africa. To my knowledge never released like this on CD, though you can find most of the tracks on the EU 2002 "Sandy Posey - A Single girl: The Very Best Of The MGM Recordings" (RPM Records RPM 245). Premiere US (also as stereo SE-4455) had label as shown here in a glossy cover with MGM inner. (FÄV*) YZÄ*) (ÖXCÅ*)
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar