Francine Reed

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Francine Reed
Born (1947-07-11) July 11, 1947 (age 77)
Pembroke Township, Illinois, United States
Genres Blues, jazz
Website Official website

Francine Reed (born July 11, 1947, in Pembroke Township, Illinois, United States) is an American blues singer, solo artist, and regular singing partner of Lyle Lovett since the 1980s and member of Lovett's Large Band. Reed has also recorded duets with Willie Nelson and Delbert McClinton and others.

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Biography

Reed sang at church services in her youth and her music was inspired and influenced by her gospel-singing father. She is the sister of jazz singer Margo Reed who died in April 2015 at the age of 73. [1]

In Phoenix, Arizona, Francine Reed appeared with Miles Davis, Stanley Jordan, Smokey Robinson, Etta James, and The Crusaders. In 1985, she began recording and touring with Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. Reed has also appeared on recordings by Delbert McClinton, Willie Nelson and Roy Orbison. After she relocated to Georgia in the 1990s, she released her first solo album, I Want You to Love Me. Reed has received the W. C. Handy Artist of the Year and Song of the Year nominations. (The W. C. Handy awards were renamed the Blues Music Awards in 2006). Reed was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1997.

Reed is perhaps best known for her performances of the classic blues song "Wild Women (Don't Get the Blues)", written in 1924 by Ida Cox. A recording of this song appears on Reed's albums, I Want You to Love Me, I Got a Right!...to Some of My Best, and Blues Collection; as well as on Ichiban Records Wild Women Do Get the Blues and Lyle Lovett's Live in Texas .

Reed's distinctive voice can be heard on a television advertisement for Senokot laxative ("I Feel Good"), and in a scene from the film The Firm (1993). [2]

In the mid-1990s she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she frequently performed at Blind Willie's in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood. [3] In 2016 she moved back to Phoenix and has given up touring. [4]

Partial discography

ArtistTitle (format)LabelCat#CountryRelease Date
Francine Reed"Take Some Time For Love" / "Tear Down These Walls" (7")Wild Sky Records60191990
I Want You To Love Me (CD, Album)Ichiban InternationalD2-24851-21995
Can't Make it On My Own (CD)Ichiban InternationalD2-24886-21996
Wild Women Do Get the Blues (Cassette, CD)Ichiban Records11901996
"Been There, Done That" (7", Single) Ichiban Records 97-4371997
Shades of Blue (CD, Comp) Platinum Entertainment 15095-9595-21999
Here Comes Frani Claus (CD, EP)CMO RecordsCMO110322000
I Got a Right!...To Some of My Best (CD)CMO Productions/Tree Sound StudioCMO 10102001
Francine Reed (CD, Album)Ichiban BluesICH-010112002
American Roots: Blues (CD)Ichiban Records10112002
Surrender (CD)Jez Graham/Stephen Kalinich2011
Francine Reed Live at Eddie's Attic (CD)Francine Reed2012
Wild Hearted Woman (CD, MP3)) Fervor Records FVRCD062142015
Francine Reed and Fever (28)"Wild Women Don't Get the Blues" / "When The Eagle Flies" (7", Single)The Old Bombay Bicycle Club44570Unknown
Francine Reed with Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett ( LP, Album, Club) MCA Records MCA-5748US1986
Lyle Lovett ( LP, Album)Curb RecordsCUR 7504-2Germany, Australia, Switzerland1986
Lyle Lovett ( CD, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-5478US1986
Lyle Lovett ( CD, Album)Curb Records471794Austria1986
Lyle Lovett ( CD, Album, RE)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCABD-31307Canada1986
Lyle Lovett ( Cass, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCFC-3361UK1986
Lyle Lovett ( Cass, Album, Dol)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAC-5748US1986
Lyle Lovett ( LP, Album)MCA RecordsMCF 3361UK1986
Lyle Lovett (LP, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCA-5748Canada1986
Lyle Lovett (LP, Album)Vogue540144France1986
Lyle Lovett (CD, Album)Curb Records471794 2Australiaunknown
Lyle Lovett (LP, CD, Album)Curb Records, MCA RecordsDMCF 3361, MCA 5748UK1998
Lyle Lovett (CD, Album, RE)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-31307USunknown
Lyle Lovett (CD, Album, RE)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-31307, MCABD-31307Canadaunknown
Lyle Lovett CD, Album, RE)MCA RecordsMCLD 19134UKunknown
Pontiac (LP, Album, CD, Club) Curb Records MCA-42028US1987
Pontiac (Vinyl, LP, Album)Curb Records, Ariola209 497Germany1988
Pontiac (LP, Album)Curb RecordsRPM 1246South Africa1987
Pontiac (CD, Album, Club)Curb Records, MCA RecordsMCAD-42028US1987
Pontiac (Cass, Album, RE, Dol)Curb Records, MCA RecordsMCAMC 42028, MCAMC-42028Canadaunknown
Pontiac (CD, Album)Curb Records471795 2Australia1987
Pontiac (CD, Album)Curb Records, RCAZD 71691Germany1987
Pontiac (CD, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsDMCF 3389UK1987
Pontiac (Cass, Album)MCA RecordsMCFC 3389UK1987
Pontiac (Cass, Album)Curb Records, MCA RecordsMCAC-42028US1987
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album)MCA RecordsMCG 60371989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album, Club)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-42263US1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cassette, Album, Dol)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAC-42263Canada1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAWD-42263Canada1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cassette, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAC-42263US1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album, Club, Vinyl)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCA-42263US1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCA-42263Canada1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album)Curb RecordsZL-71998Germany1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band ( LP)Sonet, Curb RecordsSLP-3145, SLP-3145Europe1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band ( LP, Album)RCA Victor, Curb RecordsMCA 42263, VPL1 6808Australia1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cass, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCGC-6037UK1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album)Sonet, Curb RecordsSLPCD-3145Europe1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album,Vinyl)Curb Records209 660Germany1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album)Curb RecordsZD71998Germany1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album)Curb Records471796 2Australia1989
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album)Curb RecordsD1-79004US2015
Joshua Judges Ruth (Vinyl, LP, Album)Curb RecordsMCA-10475US1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)Curb Records, Curb Records471531 2, 01-471531-10Australia1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)Curb Records471531 2Australia1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)Edel, Curb RecordsCUR 7508-2Germany, Australia, Switzerland1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)Curb Records, MCA RecordsMCAD-10475Canada1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Club)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-10475US1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-10475UK1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Multichannel))High Definition Surround, Curb Records, MCA Records71021-54430-2-7US1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Promo)Curb RecordsALCB-565Japan1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (Cass, Album, Dol)Curb Records, Mushroom471531 4Australia1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (Cass, Album, Club, Dol)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAC-10475US1992
Joshua Judges Ruth ( LP, Album)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCA-10475UK1992
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, RE)Curb RecordsD2-79001US, Canada2014
Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Club)MCA Records, Curb RecordsMCAD-10475USunknown
Live in Texas (CD, Album)Curb RecordsCURCD 0781999
Live in Texas (CD, Album)Curb Records4 84640Germany1999
Live in Texas (CD, Album)MCA RecordsMCAD-11964US1999
Live in Texas (CD, Album)MCA RecordsMCAD-11964UK1999
Smile - Songs from The Movies (CD, Compilation)Curb RecordsMCA 088113 184 2US, Canada2003
It's Not Big It's Large (Deluxe Edition) (CD, Album, DVD-Video, Region) Hump Head Records HUMP 048US2007
It's Not Big It's Large (CD,Album)Curb Records, Lost HighwayB0008966-02US2007
Francine Reed with Delbert McClinton Never Been Rocked Enough (CD, Album)Curb RecordsD2-775211992
Francine Reed with Roy Orbison King of Hearts (Cassette, Album) Virgin Records V4-865201992
Francine Reed with Willie Nelson Milk Cow Blues (CD, Album) Island Records 314 542 517-22000
Songs (CD, Compilation)Lost Highway, Hip-O Records, UTV Records B0002300-022005

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TV and film

Artist NameSong TitleShow TitleEpisodeProductionProgramAir Date
Francine Reed"You've Got to Change" Ghost Wars 107SyFyTV11-16-2017
Almost Friends --Gravitas Ventures/Orion PicturesFilm11-17-2017
Graves 106EPIXTV11-20-2017
"Good Lovin' Woman" Chicago Fire 414NBCTV2-9-2016
"It Won't Be Me" The Disaster Artist --New Line CinemaFilm3-12-2017

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References

  1. "Phoenix jazz legend Margo Reed dies at 73". Azcentral.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. Skelly, Richard. "Biography: Francine Reed". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  3. ""Who is Francine Reed?", Francine Reed official website". Francinereed.net. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. Eldredge, Richard L. (2020-09-17). "Live From Phoenix, Francine Reed Readies Her First-Ever Streaming Show". Eldredge Atlanta. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  5. "Francine Reed". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. "Music by Francine Reed". Tunefind.com. Retrieved 2017-11-27.