In 2011 Wright released her collaborative effort, “Betty Wright: The Movie” with the hip-hop collective the Roots in 2011, making it her 1st studio album release in over 10 years. She also spent the majority of the 2000s, acting as a vocal coach to aspiring young artists and handling vocal productions for singers like Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, and Joss Stone. Wright put out only one studio album in the 2000s, “Fit For A King” (2001) however, she has issued several compilation pieces through out this decade. She released another live album in 1992 “All The Way Live” and followed that recording up with her 1994 album “B-Attitudes”, which is often praised for the Marvin Gaye remixed duet, “Distant Lover”. Her album “Mother Wit” proved to be particularly successful as it spawned two of her biggest hits of that decade “No Pain, (No Gain)” and “After the Pain”. She switched labels again for her 1986 release “Sevens”, which was issued through First String Records and yet another time for her albums “Mother Wit” (1987), “4U2NJOY” (1989), and “Passion and ComPassion” (1990), which were released on her self-formed label, Ms. In 1981 Wright moved over to major label Epic and released her self-titled album as well as her 9th studio album “Wright Back At You”. By this time Wright began exposing her music to a wider demographic as she embarked on a tour with Bob Marley in promotion for his album, “Survival”, and connected with Alice Cooper to duet on the song “No Tricks”. 1977 saw the release of “This Time For Real”, which was followed a year later by her album “Live” (1978). Wright continued putting out records through out the 70s, releasing two of her biggest albums back to back: “Danger High Voltage” (1974) and “Explosion!” (1976). Though “Clean Up Woman” set an impossibly high standard to top, Wright managed to pull off several more significant hits, including her self-composed single “Baby Sitter”, the 1973 track “Let Me Be Your Lovemaker”, which showcased her whistle register and the Grammy award winning song “Where Is the Love”, which served as a foundational point for disco and featured contributions from members of KC & the Sunshine Band”. It crossed over to the US pop charts at no.6, remaining there for 14 weeks and subsequently achieving gold status.

The latter of the singles was one of Wright’s all time biggest hits. This song has since been covered by Dust Springfield and Yellowman and has also been sampled by Beyonce and Jay Z for the single “Upgrade You” and by the Lonely Island for their song “Turtleneck & Chain”.īefore Wright put out her sophomore album “I Love the Way You Love” she issued several well received singles such as the precocious “Pure Love” and the no.2 R&B charting single, “Clean Up Woman”. Though she was only 14 when the album came out she showed a level of maturity far beyond her age and was able to score a top 40 hit single with the track “Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do”. Just a year later she was signed by a Miami record label owner to Solid Soul Records when she was just 12.Īfter putting out several successful singles such as “Thank You Baby” and “Paralyzed”, Wright issued her 1st studio album “My First Time Around” through the label, Atco.

She channelled the influences of artists like Aretha Franklin, Martha Reeves, Smokey Robinson, and the Ronettes and showcased her newly developed style at various talent shows. This project eventually dissolved and by 1965 Wright branched out into a rhythm and blues inspired solo career. At age 2 she was participating in her family’s gospel group, Echoes of Joy, contributing vocals to their 1956 debut album. Wright started her music career nearly before she could walk or talk.

She grew up with six siblings and was the baby of the family. Wright was born as Bessie Regina Norris on 21 December, 1953 in Miami, Florida U.S.

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