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- Got A Good Thing Going
- Rock Me Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again
- Don’T Make Me Over
“Me And My Baby Got A Good Thing Going” maintained her hoarse, spiky shouted intro style before becoming an “I got a good man” standard funky soul number. “Things Got To Get Better” was her revision of a tune previously sung by another of JB’s soul sisters, Marva Whitney, handled with a little less bombast, though the backing track was similar to W...
Lyn Collins’ second album arrived three years later. Check Me Out If You Don’t Know Me By Nowwas, for the most part, a rather more sophisticated affair, and again the song selections were curious at times, though super-soulful. A version of the Gershwins’ “Foggy Day” opened the album for no apparent reason, but Collins handled it well; “To Each His...
No longer a member of Brown’s posse after 1975, Collins sang backgrounds for the likes of Rod Stewartand Dionne Warwick. She was feted during Britain’s rare-groove era and, as a result, delivered a killer set at a 1987 gig in the UK as part of James Brown’s Funky People, which featured The Godfather’s band and singers without the main man. There wa...
- Ian Mccann
- 4 min
[Verse 1] Now I can make my lover reach for the stars when the sun is out, yeah. And I can make my man forget what he's thinkin' about, yeah. Now when my lover gotta have it, he don't need a...
In 2006, Paris-based Hi&Fly Records released a live album titled Mama Feelgood, which included recordings from her European tour and some interview clips. This release was produced by German-born DJ Pari, who produced for Marva Whitney and managed Collins' last tour.
Mama Feelgood (feat. The J.B.'s) Lyn Collins • Black Caesar • 1973. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Mama Feelgood · Lyn Collins · The J.B.'s Black Caesar ℗ 1973...
