Scherrie Ann Payne is an American singer. Payne is best known as a member and the final lead singer of the R&B/Soul vocal group the Supremes from 1973 until 1977. Payne is the younger sister of singer Freda Payne. Payne continues to perform,both as a solo act and as a part of the "Former Ladies of the Supremes" (FLOS).
"I Can't Get Next to You" is a 1969 No. 1 single recorded by the Temptations and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Gordy (Motown) label. The song was a No. 1 single on the Billboard Top Pop Singles chart for two weeks in 1969,from October 18 to October 25,replacing "Sugar,Sugar" by the Archies and replaced by "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley. The single was also a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Top R&B Singles for five weeks,from October 4 to November 1,replacing "Oh,What a Night" by the Dells,and replaced by another Motown song,"Baby I'm For Real" by the Originals.
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is a soul song most popularly released as a joint single performed by Diana Ross &the Supremes and the Temptations for the Motown label. This version peaked for two weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in the United States,selling 900,000 copies in its first two weeks,and at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1969.
"You're All I Need to Get By" is a song recorded by the American R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and released on Motown Records' Tamla label in 1968. It was the basis for the 1995 single "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" from Method Man and Mary J. Blige.
"Spanish Harlem" is a song recorded by Ben E. King in 1960 for Atco Records. It was written by Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. "Spanish Harlem" was King's first hit away from The Drifters,peaking at number 15 on Billboard's rhythm and blues and number 10 in pop music chart.
"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" is a song released by American singer Aretha Franklin and English singer George Michael as a duet in 1987. The song was a number one hit in the United States and the United Kingdom. Billboard listed "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" as Franklin's all-time biggest Hot 100 single. The song was Franklin's biggest hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart,reaching number two. The song was written by Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan and produced by Narada Michael Walden. Franklin and Michael won a 1987 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)".
"Respect" is a song written and originally recorded by American soul singer Otis Redding. It was released in 1965 as a single from his third album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul and became a crossover hit for Redding.
"I Say a Little Prayer" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick,originally peaking at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in December 1967. On the R&B Singles chart it peaked at number eight.
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" is a 1967 song by American soul singer Aretha Franklin released as a single by the Atlantic label. The words were written by Gerry Goffin from an idea by Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler,and the music was composed by Carole King. Written for Franklin,the record was a big hit reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100,and became one of her signature songs. It made history on the UK Singles Chart a week after her death,finally becoming a hit almost 51 years after it was first released,entering at No. 79. Franklin also included a live recording on the album Aretha in Paris in 1968.
"I'm in Love" is a song written by Bobby Womack. It was first recorded by Wilson Pickett in 1967,which gave him a top-ten R&B hit on Billboard's chart in 1968,peaking at number 4 as well as peaking at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Something He Can Feel" is a song composed by Curtis Mayfield for the 1976 motion picture Sparkle. The song,a love ballad in a Chicago-/Philly-soul style,became a number-one hit on the Billboard's R&B singles chart in the United States twice with two separate recordings:a 1976 version by Aretha Franklin from the film's soundtrack,and a 1992 cover by girl group En Vogue.
"Share Your Love with Me" is a song written by Alfred Braggs and Deadric Malone. It was originally recorded by blues singer Bobby "Blue" Bland. Over the years,the song has been covered by various artists,most notably Aretha Franklin who won a Grammy Award for her 1969 rendition. Other artists who covered the song include The Band in 1973,Kenny Rogers in 1981,and most recently,Van Morrison in 2016.
"Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" is the title of a Top 30 hit single for Lulu which was recorded in September 1969 in the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio sessions for Lulu's Atco Records album debut New Routes. The song has been most notably remade by Aretha Franklin,The Raes,Buster Poindexter,Tina Arena,and Ronnie Spector on English Heart (2016).
"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first released in 1962 by Don Cherry,as a country song and again as a doo-wop in 1967 by the group The Casinos on its album of the same name,and was a number 6 pop hit that year. The song has since been covered by Eddy Arnold,whose version was a number 1 country hit in 1968,and by Neal McCoy,whose version became a Top 5 country hit in 1996.
Miki Howard is the third studio album by American R&B singer Miki Howard,released in 1989 on Atlantic Records. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. Howard scored her first number-one song with the lead single released from the album,"Ain't Nuthin' in the World",on the Billboard R&B Singles chart.
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" is a song written by Memphis-based songwriter Earl Randle,and first recorded in 1972 by soul singer Ann Peebles. The song was also a hit in 1984 for English singer Paul Young.
30 Greatest Hits is a 1985 Aretha Franklin compilation album. The album chronicles majority of Franklin's hit singles during the Atlantic Records era from 1967 up to 1974. Following Franklin's death,the album entered the top ten of the Billboard 200 albums chart at number seven,in the week ending on August 25,2018 earning 52,000 units with 18,000 of that were traditional sales. It climbed one spot higher the following week,becoming Franklin's highest-peaking compilation album in the United States.
"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" is a song composed by Burt Bacharach,with lyrics by Hal David. It was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1964,who charted at number 34 in the US Billboard Hot 100 with her version. It was covered by the Stylistics in 1973,who reached number 23 in the US with their cover.
Morris Ervin Broadnax,sometimes credited as Luvel Broadnax,was an American songwriter for Motown in the 1960s,most notably working with Stevie Wonder with whom,along with Clarence Paul,he co-wrote Aretha Franklin's hit "Until You Come Back to Me ".
American singer Whitney Houston,known as "The Voice",released 57 singles as a leading artist and 4 as a featured artist. Houston is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,with over 220 million records sold worldwide. In the United States,Houston amassed 11 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles,all of whom have been certified either gold,platinum,multi-platinum or diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and was one of a selected group of artists to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in four different decades. She is currently ranked in seventh place of the artists with the most number one singles in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Prior to the introduction of digital singles,Houston sold 16.5 million physical singles in the country,the most ever by a female recording artist. In October 2012,the Official Charts Company claimed Houston was the fourth biggest-selling female singles artist of all time with a sales total of 8.5 million singles in that country.
