THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,962) Baby Washington — “I’ve Got a Feeling”
Baby Washington wrote her own sly ’62 R&B romp about a woman with a feeling her man has left her, based on such obscure clues such as his changing the locks, changing his phone number, leaving her ring in the mailbox . . . No sh*t, Sherlock! “OK, a classic but what a classic!!! Amazing R’n’B dancer!!!” ( Northernclub / Rockito, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2myDZ8WoHM8)
“Jeanette ‘Baby’ Washington cut her finest songs for Sue [Records] in the early ’60s. Although few made the charts, all were delivered with conviction, sung in an earnest and riveting manner, and produced with minimal gimmicks.” (Ron Wynn, https://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-how-heartaches-are-made-mw0000689873) She “could sound like a hard-edged, no-nonsense wailer one moment and a wounded sparrow the next.” (Ron Wynn, https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-baby-washington-mw0000689817)
1969SL crushes on Baby Washington and her first LP (including “Feeling”) — 63’s That’s How Heartaches Are Made:
This glorious album came from the early days of R&B when American black artists had limited audience at home but were worshipped in Europe, particularly UK where singles by New York’s Sue Records had cult status. . . . It was Dusty Springfield who championed this particular lady as her all-time favourite singer . . . . Its very interesting that whispery and willowy Springfield was enamoured of sound so drastically removed from hers . . . . I would assume that Springfield owes much more to young Dionne Warwick who at the same time dazzled with the strings of delicate hits but it seems that privately British diva was enchanted with massive voice of this young lady whose sweet face belied impossibly mature, dark voice. Baby Washington might have looked like a doll but hers was the powerful roadhouse voice not unlike that of Darlene Love – instantly recognisable and exceptionally heavy, it was dark, chocolate sound that completely sweeps the unsuspected listener in warm cloak. . . . this particular album seems to represent her moment of glory, with classic early 1960s hit “That’s How Heartaches Are Made” being perhaps the most famous of all. . . .
[She was a] brilliant singer whose sweet, baby face hides powerful gospel voice. . . . [H]er early 1960’s work [included] lots of great singing and some less-great songs on which Washington does her best to uplift their dubious quality.
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/baby-washington/thats-how-heartaches-are-made/, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/baby_washington/the_sue_singles/
Here is the UK’s Tawny Reed:
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