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Nov 19, 2011 · In 1977, Phillips left Kudu for Mercury, but none matched the commercial success of her Kudu output and after 1981’s “A Good Black Is Hard to Crack,” she found herself without a record deal. Esther Phillips was the embodiment of a soulful R&B singer; performing was the only endeavor she undertook in life, and she revealed it all in her songs.
Nov 4, 2020 · Esther Phillips drops the tempo and delivers a slow, sultry, take on I Feel The Same. The title track Performance, is another slow, melancholy track and is a reminder that she was a talented songwriter. Sadly, that’s often overlooked. Esther Phillips then gets funky and sassy on Doing Our Thing.
The late Esther Phillips was an expressive vocalist who used her versatile instrument across a variety of genres, from R&B to country to pop and jazz. She scored her first #1 R&B hit, “Double Crossing Blues,” in 1950 with the Johnny Otis Quintet and reached perhaps the height of her career with her album From a Whisper to a Scream, which was nominated in 1972 for a Grammy
Esther Phillips (born 1950) is a Barbadian poet. She became the first poet laureate of Barbados in 2018. Biography. Phillips was born in 1950 in Saint George, Barbados, growing up in a village called Greens. She began writing at a young age, publishing her first poem in BIM, the country's main literary magazine, around 1959.
