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SUMMARY:An Evening with Bettye LaVette at Arrow Street Arts
DESCRIPTION:Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the great soul interp
 reters of her generation”\, Bettye LaVette is a vocalist who can take an
 y type of song and make it completely her own. Bettye is one of very few
  of her contemporaries who were recording during the birth of soul music
  in the 1960s and is still creating vital recordings today. To quote the
  late\, great George Jones: “Bettye is truly a ‘singer’s singer’.” She w
 as born Betty Jo Haskins on January 29\,1946\, in Muskegon\, Michigan. H
 er family moved to Detroit when she was six years old. Her parents sold 
 corn liquor and her living room was oft-times visited by The Soul Stirre
 rs\, The Blind Boys of Mississippi\, and many other traveling gospel gro
 ups of the day. Unlike many of her contemporaries\, Bettye did not get h
 er start in the church\, but in that very same living room\, where there
  was a jukebox\, filled with the blues\, country & western\, and R&B rec
 ords of the time. The “5” Royales\, Dinah Washington\, Bobby “Blue” Blan
 d\, Red Foley\, …thesewere her roots. By 16\, Betty Jo had become enamor
 ed with biz. She decided to change her name to something more dramatic. 
 She knew a local groupie by the name of Sherma Lavett\, liked the sound 
 of the name\, and thus\, Bettye LaVette was born. Singer Timmy Shaw brou
 ght her to Johnnie Mae Matthews\, a notorious Detroit record producer. B
 ettye’s first single was “My Man – He’s a Loving Man”\, in the fall of 1
 962. The record was quickly picked up by Atlantic for national distribut
 ion. The record charted #7 R&B and put her on her first national tour\, 
 with Ben E. King\, Clyde McPhatter\, and another newcomer\, Otis Redding
 .\n\nTickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/passim-presents-an-evening-wi
 th-bettye-cambridge-massachusetts-09-18-2026/event/010064CAAF75989F\n\nh
 ttps://findlocal.community/event/36edb26e-8b67-4b9c-b164-9a11648de0af
LOCATION:Club Passim\, 26 Church St\, Cambridge\, MA 02138
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/36edb26e-8b67-4b9c-b164-9a11648de0a
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