No stranger to life in the ghetto, Brenda Holloway has been poor and hungry. Living in the Watts area of Los Angeles, made her industrious and determined. In 1965 she recorded the Smokey Robinson composition When I’m Gone which reached number 25 on the Hot 100 and number 13 on the R&B chart.

Brenda explains the west coast recording… “We created our own sound. It was based on the original Motown sound but recorded not quite so hot. We recorded on four tracks in LA, whereas Detroit recordings were 3 track”.

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Born June 26, 1946 in Atascadero, California, the eldest of three children to Wade and Johnnie Maye (Fossett) Holloway. The family, including her brother Wade Jr. moved to Watts in 1948 and her sister Patrice was born in 1951.

Playing violin, flute and piano she was a talented musician from a young age. After singing in the church choir, she and her sister sang backing for several R&B acts, Brenda recorded Every Little Bit Hurts aged just 16. As Motown’s first West Coast signing, she famously told Berry Gordy “I either sing, or I’m your mistress but it’s one or the other”. A beautiful woman, she was never short of male admirers.

This UK issued EP has A Little Togetherness on the B side. Vinyl is in great shape but there is a small mark on the label (see scans).

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USA Issue (EX+) £100

What you need to know? In the run out groove etched JC67C-506A-RE-1 (Round MR Stamp) N4811

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