Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Bettye LaVette

View Bettye LaVette's X View Bettye LaVette's Website View Bettye LaVette's Spotify
Bettye LaVette

Bettye LaVette (born Betty Jo Haskins, January 29, 1946) is an American soul singer who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical acclaim, and was named on many critics' "Best of 2005" lists. Her next album, The Scene of the Crime, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards. She received the Legacy of Americana Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Americana Music Honors & Awards.

LaVette's eclectic musical style combines elements of soul, blues, rock and roll, funk, gospel, and country music. In 2020, she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.

Albums

1982 Tell Me a Lie
1991 Not Gonna Happen Twice
1991 Nearer to You
2003 A Woman Like Me
2005 I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise
2006 Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
2006 Child of the Seventies
2007 The Scene of the Crime
2010 Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
2012 Thankful n' Thoughtful
2015 Worthy
2018 Things Have Changed
2020 Blackbirds
2023 LaVette!
MusicBrainz content provided under the terms of the Data License
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Latest Articles

No articles match your search.