Jeanette 'Baby' Washington - I Wanna Dance (1978) AVI - LP Only Release - Rare Soul (MP3 70MB)

First off this is NOT a disco album whatsoever....She may never have enjoyed the cross-over success of Dionne Warwick but Baby Washington's haunting singing is one of the most singular sounds to have emerged from the New York soul scene of the early 1960s. This is another album never issued to CD sadly and it is a cracker if you love your soul & it was her last album released from five recorded along with 70 x 45,s. Justine Washington was born in 1940 in Bamberg, South Carolina.She possessed a tremendously moving voice, earthy but sophisticated, perfectly epitomized uptown soul. Yet unlike her southern counterparts she has never experienced recognition, although once cited by Dusty Springfield as her all-time favourite singer. Baby Washington was raised in Harlem after her family migrated north, singing first in a vocal group, the Hearts, in 1956 and becoming a solo artist the following year. She built a career with 16 chart entries during a decade and a half, most of them during the 60s, recording in New York first for Donald Shaw's Neptune label and then for Juggy Murray's Sue label. She established herself as a major soul singer recording some great sides that went unoticed. Moving to Sue Records in 1962, Jeanette hit the US national Top 40 with the sublime "That's How Heartaches Are Made" (1963) and the US R&B Top 10 with "Only Those In Love" (1965). She revived her career in the early 70s, recording in Philadelphia a duet with Don Gardner, a revival of the Marvelettes' "Forever", (number 30 R&B), a solo release "I've Got To Break Away" (number 73 R&B), and a well-received album. In 2004 she came over to the UK and performed to raptuous acclaim at a Northern Soul week-ender where she was bowled over by the respect & knowledge her fans had of her music. The advent of disco in the mid-70s effectively killed her career off, as it did those of many soul artists. She performed on cruise ships and soul weekenders mainly in europe for the remainder of her career and is still alive as far as i am aware. Fabulous artist & her rarest album !

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