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Betty Everett

Major Works

The Shoop Shoop Song (1963)
It’s In His Kiss (1964)
Delicious Together (1964)
There’ll Come A Time (1969)
Love Rhymes (1974)
Black Girl (1974)
Happy Endings (1975)
Hot to Handle (1982)

Album

Betty Everett / Best Of (Let It Be Me)

1.You’re No Good
2.It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
3.Let It Be Me
4.I Can’t Hear You
5.It’s Getting Mighty Crowded
6.It Hurts To Be In Love
7.Love Is Strange
8.Chained To A Memory
9.No Place To Hide
10.Too Hot To Hold
11.I’m Gonna Be Ready
12.Just Be True
13.Hands Off
14.Until You Were gone
15.The Way You Do The Things You Do
16.Hound Dog
17.I Need You
18.The Real Thing
19.Chained To Your Love

Betty Everett: A Biography

by Cassandra Thomas (SHS)

Cassandra Thomas (SHS Researcher)

Born November 23, 1939, in Greenwood, Mississippi, Betty Everett moved to Chicago during the late 50’s. She began playing the piano and singing in church at age nine and these were two of her favorite activities. When she moved to Chicag

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Betty Everett (born November 23, 1939 - died August 19, 2001) was an African-American R&B singer and pianist born in Greenwood, Mississippi. She began singing gospel and playing piano in her church at the age of 9 and continued until 1957, when she moved to Chicago to pursue a recording career.

In Chicago, she began recording for small soul labels and worked with soon-to-be big name producers Ike Turner and Curtis Mayfield until 1963, when she was picked up by Vee-Jay Records. While recording for Vee-Jay, she released several minor hits including "You're No Good" and the catchy "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" which was her biggest solo hit. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was #1 on the Cashbox R&B chart.

Her other hits included "I Can't Hear You", "Getting Mighty Crowded", and several duets with Jerry Butler, including "Let It Be Me" which made the US Top 5 in 1964 and was another Cashbox R&B number 1. After Vee-Jay folded in 1966, she recorded for several other labels including U

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Born on November 23, 1939, in Greenwood, MS; died August 19, 2001, in Beloit, WI.

"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in his Kiss)" was first recorded by Betty Everett, and is the song for which she is best known. During the 1960s and 1970s, Everett's powerful voice recorded a string of rhythm and blues hits.

Betty Everett was born on November 23, 1939, in Greenwood, Mississippi, an area known at the time for its local blues scene. She was playing the piano and singing in church by the age of nine, and also sang in gospel choirs. She was in her late teens when she moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1956, where she turned her attention from gospel music to singing rhythm and blues.

Everett started recording for several small local record labels. In 1957 she recorded "My Life Depends on You" for Cobra. She then signed with C.J., followed by the One-Derful label. While contracted with One-Derful she recorded "I've Got a Claim on You," and "I'll Be There." She had the honor of performing with Magic Sam and the legendary Muddy Waters. She also briefly sang the lead for the all-male group the Da