I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby - Music

Justine Washington 13 November 1940 Bamberg South Carolina USA. Washington's Aka Jeanette Washington Tremendously Moving Voice Earthy But Sophisticated Perfectly Epitomized Uptown Soul. Yet Unlike Her Southern Counterparts She Has Never Experienced Great Crossover Recognition Although Once Cited By Dusty Springfield As Her All-Time Favourite Singer. Washington Was Raised In Harlem 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 "The Time" US R&B Top 30 And "The Bells" US R&B Top 20 Both In 1959 And "Nobody Cares" US R&B Top 20 In 1961. Moving To Sue Records In 1962 Washington 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 . Washington 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. The Coming Of Disco In The Mid-70s Effectively Killed Her Career As It Did Those Of Many Soul Artists read less