Wright’s follow-up single to “Clean Up Woman” followed a similar theme of her man getting scooped up by an at-the-ready Other Woman, now a 16-year-old baby sitter. There’s not a wasted or bum note in “Clean Up Woman,” with everything from the refrain’s “ uh-huh“s to the extra little post-chorus guitar lick (which also spawned a future pop top 10 hit, why not) hitting at just the right vibration, and even the song’s title is an all-timer - intriguing enough to force you to listen through to uncover its meaning, and inspired enough to enter your general vernacular afterwards. Wright’s signature smash still sounds like one of the truly timeless hits of the ’70s, a sublime guitar chop and bubbling bass line providing the funky foundation for her lament about “making it easy” for the song’s title figure to swoop in and and steal her man. “Clean Up Woman” ( I Love the Way You Love, 1971) Still, there’s a palpable sadness and impatience to Wright’s attempts to stay graceful in the face of such inequality, and the song’s roaring horns - unforgettably lifted by Beyoncé and Swizz Beatz nearly 40 years later - get sufficiently angry on her behalf. 33 in 1968 - doesn’t bemoan gender double standards as much as it encourages young girls listening simply to not stoop to the level of their no-good boyfriends. “Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do” ( My First Time Around, 1968)īetty Wright’s breakthrough hit on the Hot 100 - hitting No. Her 2011 album Betty Wright: The Movie, recorded with The Roots, would be her final studio LP before her death in 2020.Betty Wright, Iconic Soul and R&B Singer, Dies at 66.Wright cowrote and coproduced every song on English soul revivalist Joss Stone’s Grammy-nominated 2004 album Mind Body & Soul, and she appeared on Lil Wayne’s “Playing with Fire,” off 2008’s Tha Carter III.
She arranged the harmonies on Gloria Estefan’s 1991 single “Coming Out of the Dark,” which reached No.B Records, where she continued to release her own music and produce for other artists. In 1985 she launched her own label, Ms.Wright released a successful run of albums through the ’70s, including 1978’s Betty Wright Live, a victory lap that featured a popular version of “Tonight Is the Night.” In 1976, she won the Grammy for Best R&B Song for “Where Is the Love?”, which she cowrote.6 on the pop charts and earned Wright a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. Reid and Clark wrote Wright’s biggest pop crossover hit, 1971’s “Clean Up Woman.” The single landed at No.It included the Top 40 pop hit “Girls Can Do What the Guys Can Do,” written by the songwriting team of Clarence Reid (aka Blowfly) and Willie Clarke, who would become frequent collaborators. Wright released her debut album, 1968’s My First Time Around, when she was 14.Born in Miami, Wright started her music career at age two, singing in the gospel group Echoes of Joy with her siblings.In a career spanning more than four decades, legendary soul singer Betty Wright recorded timeless hits like 1971’s “Clean Up Woman” and produced records for some of the younger artists who followed in her footsteps.
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