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Laura Lee

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Biography

A tough '60s soul singer with a salty sense of humor (aimed mostly at the men in her life), Laura Lee recorded at Rick Hall's FAME studio in Muscle Shoals for the Chess label, and later for Hot Wax. In songs like "Wanted: Lover, No Experience Necessary," "A Man with Some Backbone," and the anthemic "Women's Love Rights," the female experience was brazenly discussed, debated, kicked around, and, finally, celebrated. Her music laid the groundwork for artists like Millie Jackson and Denise LaSalle to expand this proud, sexy, brash-talking corner of "women's" soul music. Lee had a country-soul, romantic side as well, as shown on her splended version of the Penn-Oldham classsic "Uptight Good Man." Lee is a fine, versatile, saucy singer whose work deserves more attention.

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Top Tracks

Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months
  1. Dirty Man - (2:55)  -  1,892 plays
  2. Crumbs Off The Table - (3:35)  -  785 plays
  3. It's How You Make It Good - (2:30)  -  349 plays
  4. Mama's Got A Good Thing - (2:11)  -  308 plays
  5. Uptight Good Man - (2:48)  -  237 plays
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