No Pain No Gain - Music

Bessie Regina Norris Born December 21 1953 - Died May 10 2020 Better Known Professionally As Betty Wright Was An American Soul And R&B Singer Songwriter And Background Vocalist Born In Miami Florida Who Rose To Fame In The 1970s With Hits Such As "Clean Up Woman" And "Tonight Is The Night". Wright Was Also Prominent In Regard To The Use Of Whistle Register The Highest Human Singing Register. She Influenced A Generation Of Female Singer-Songwriters And Also Influenced The World Of Hip Hop Who Sampled Some Of Her More Popular Material. Starting Singing Gospel With The Family Group The Echoes Of Joy Wright Began Switching To R&B Music In 1965 When She Was Only 11. In 1968 She Released Her First Album My First Time Around At The Age Of 15 And Scored Her First Hit "Girls Can't Do What Guys Can Do". It Was Not Until The End Of 1971 That Wright's Most Successful Phase Of Her Career Took Place. The Song "Clean Up Woman" Became A Top 5 Pop And R&B Hit And Would Later Influence A Remix Of Mary J. Blige's "Real Love" Single With The Sample Of Its Guitar Riffs R&B Girl Group Trio SWV's "I'm So Into You" Also Featured A Sample From "Clean Up Woman" As Did Afrika Bambaataa's Song "Zulu War Chant". In 1974 Wright Scored Big With The Songs "Tonight Is The Night" About A Real-Life Love Affair That Happened With Wright When She Was A Teenager And "Where Is The Love" Which Won Her A Grammy For Best R&B Song . After Experiencing A Brief Slump In The Early 1980s She Rebounded Founding Her Own Record Label Ms. B Records And In 1988 Made Music History By Being The First Woman To Have A Gold Record On Her Own Label With The Release Of Mother Wit Which Featured Two Of Her Biggest Hits In Years "No Pain No Gain " And The "After The Pain". On Both Songs Wright Displays Her Powerful Upper Register Capabilities And Five-Octave Range. In 1989 Wright Released 4u2njoy Which Features The Hit Songs "From Pain To Joy" "Quiet Storm" And "Keep Love New". Her Subsequent Albums Passion And Compassion B-Attitudes And Fit For A King Kept Her Fanbase Satisfied. By 2001 A Compilation Album The Very Best Of Betty Wright Was Released. In 2007 Wright Scored Her Most Successful Single In Over A Decade With "Baby" A Duet With Fellow Soul Singer Angie Stone. The Song Peaked At #22 On The R&B Chart And #2 On The Hot Dance Club Songs Chart. Wright Mentored Several Young Singers And Did Vocal Production For The Likes Of Gloria Estefan Jennifer Lopez And Joss Stone. In December 2010 Wright Was Given Another Grammy Award Nomination For The Song "Go" For The Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. In January 2011 Wright Released Her First Album In Ten Years Betty Wright The Movie And Was Credited To Betty Wright & The Roots . On May 10 2020 Wright Sadly Passed Away Due To Cancer At Age 66. read less