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- Blues Quest featuring Bettye LaVette
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- Mike Sanders
Discovered at the age of 16, her first single “My Man – He’s a Loving Man” became a Top Ten R&B hit. Critics say she has a mystical ability to make any song she sings her own.
Share Bettye LaVette’s story with your listeners as she discusses her beginnings, her influences and how she still seeks the fame that seems to elude her.
The total length of the show's three parts is 57:00. It is designed to have two 1:00 internal breaks and one 1:00 end break. However, you can let the three tracks roll, leaving a 3:00 end break.
The promo includes an actuality from the artist and has :05 music at end for local tag. E-mail for custom tag. Contact us for a custom newshole version designed to your needs.
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Related Pieces
Piece Description
Discovered at the age of 16, her first single “My Man – He’s a Loving Man” became a Top Ten R&B hit. Critics say she has a mystical ability to make any song she sings her own.
Share Bettye LaVette’s story with your listeners as she discusses her beginnings, her influences and how she still seeks the fame that seems to elude her.
The total length of the show's three parts is 57:00. It is designed to have two 1:00 internal breaks and one 1:00 end break. However, you can let the three tracks roll, leaving a 3:00 end break.
The promo includes an actuality from the artist and has :05 music at end for local tag. E-mail for custom tag. Contact us for a custom newshole version designed to your needs.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At the Mercy of a Man | Bettye LaVette | Take Another Little Piece of My Heart. | Varese Sarabande | 2006 | 03:13 |
| Change is Gonna Come | Bettye LaVette | Change is Gonna Come Sessions. | Anti | 2009 | 04:08 |
| Morning Train | The Five Blind Boys of Alabama | Pray On: The Best of Gospel. | Fuel 2000 | 2007 | 02:07 |
| Elijah | Dorothy Love Coates | The Great Gospel Women. | Shanachie | 1993 | 02:24 |
| I’m a Bad, Bad Girl | Esther Phillips | Better Beware. | King | 1999 | 03:04 |
| The Hucklebuck | Paul Williams | The Rock ‘N Roll Era: Roots of Rock 1945-1956. | Time/Warner | 1990 | 01:04 |
| Money Honey | Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters | The Rock ‘N Roll Era: Roots of Rock 1945-1956. | Time/Warner | 1990 | 02:55 |
| It Ain’t Easy | Bettye LaVette | Bettye LaVette – Child of the Seventies. | Rhino | 2006 | 02:04 |
| Waiting for Tomorrow | Bettye LaVette | Bettye LaVette – Child of the Seventies. | Rhino | 2006 | 01:57 |
| My Man – He’s a Lovin’ Man | Bettye LaVette | Bettye LaVette – Child of the Seventies. | Rhino | 2006 | 02:38 |
| Let Me Down Easy | Bettye LaVette | Bettye LaVette: Selected Hits. | Charly | 2006 | 03:06 |
| Fortune Teller | Bettye LaVette | Bettye LaVette – Child of the Seventies. | Rhino | 2006 | 00:47 |
| Right in the Middle (Of Falling in Love) | Bettye LaVette | Let Me Down Easy in Concert. | Munich Records | 2000 | 04:28 |
| A Woman Like Me | Bettye LaVette | A Woman Like Me. | Blues Express | 2003 | 01:37 |
| Right Next Door | Bettye LaVette | Woman Like Me. | Blues Express | 2003 | 04:32 |
| When the Blues Catches Up To You | Bettye LaVette | A Woman Like Me. | Blues Express | 2003 | 04:33 |
| Joy | Bettye LaVette | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. | Anti | 2005 | 04:11 |
| Your Turn to Cry (Your Time to Cry) | Bettye LaVette | Let Me Down Easy in Concert. | Munich Records | 2000 | 04:04 |
| He Made a Woman Out of Me | Bettye, LaVette | Let Me Down Easy in Concert. | Munich Records | 2000 | 03:52 |
