Barbara Acklin

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbara Acklin (born February 28, 1943 in Oakland , California , † November 27, 1998 in Omaha , Nebraska ) was an American soul singer and songwriter .

biography

Barbara Acklin was an only child and grew up in Chicago. She sang first in the church choir, later in night clubs. At "St. Lawrence Records ”, the label of her cousin Monk Higgins, she was among other things a background singer. She began writing songs during her time as a receptionist at Brunswick Records . One of them was recorded by Jackie Wilson , who then campaigned for the record company that Acklin got a contract with the label.

Show Me the Way to Go , a duet with Gene Chandler , made it to number 30 on the American R&B charts in 1968 . In the same year, Love Makes a Woman followed , which reached number 3 on the R&B charts and won a BMI award. More singles followed and by 1973 five albums followed. Her song Am I the Same Girl was first released by the record company as an instrumental with piano by Young-Holt Unlimited under the title Soulful Strut . It became a number three hit and million seller, while Acklin's version only reached number 79 after that.

As a songwriter, she worked mainly with Eugene Record, with whom she was also married for some time, for the Chi-Lites . In 1974 she moved to Capitol Records , released the album A Place in the Sun , which was unsuccessful, and then lost her record deal. In addition to solo concerts, she has since worked mainly as a background singer for the Chi-Lites.

In 1990, the song Have You Seen Her, written by her and Record, rose to prominence again when it was covered by MC Hammer . Barbara Acklin announced in 1998 that she was working on new material, but died a short time later of pneumonia.

Discography

Albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
1968 Love Makes a Woman
Brunswick 754137 		US146 (5 weeks)
US 		R&B48 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1968
Producers: Carl Davis, Eugene Record

More albums

  • 1969: Seven Days of Night
  • 1970: Someone Else's Arms
  • 1971: I Did It
  • 1973: I Call It Trouble
  • 1975: A Place in the Sun

Compilations

  • 1987: Groovy Ideas
  • 1995: Greatest Hits
  • 1999: Brunswick Singles A's & B’s
  • 2002: 20 greatest hits
  • 2002: The Brunswick Anthology (2 CDs)
  • 2003: The Best of Barbara Acklin
  • 2004: The Complete Barbara Acklin on Brunswick Records (2 CDs)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
1968 Show me the way to go
 - R&B30 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 1968
with Gene Chandler
Authors: Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis, Eugene Record
Love Makes a Woman
Love Makes a Woman 		US15 (12 weeks)
US 		R&B3 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1968
feat. Jimmy Castor
Authors: Carl Davis, Eugene Record, Sonny Sanders
From the teacher to the preacher
 US57 (8 weeks)
US 		R&B16 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1968
with Gene Chandler
Authors: Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis, Eugene Record
Just Ain't No Love
Seven Days of Night 		US67 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B23 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1968
Authors: Carl Davis, Eugene Record
1969 On I the Same Girl
Seven Days of Night 		US79 (3 weeks)
US 		R&B33 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 1969
Authors: Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record, William Sanders
based on the instrumental Soulful Strut by
Young-Holt Unlimited , 1968
After You
I Did It 		- R&B30 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1969
Authors: Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record
1970 I Did It
I Did It 		- R&B28 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1970
Author: Eugene Record
1971 Lady, lady, lady
I Call It Trouble 		- R&B44 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1971
Author: Eugene Record
1972 I Call It Trouble
I Call It Trouble 		- R&B49 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1972
Authors: Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record
1974 Raindrops
A Place in the Sun 		- R&B14 (14 weeks)
R&B
First publication: May 1974
Authors: Barbara Acklin, F. Flowers
1975 Special Loving
A Place in the Sun 		- R&B73 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1974
Authors: Willie Henderson, Quinton Joseph, Tommy Green
Give Me Some of Your Sweet Love
A Place in the Sun 		- R&B98 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1975
Authors: Larry Brownlee, Lowrell Simon

More singles

  • 1966: I'm Not Mad Anymore
  • 1967: Your Sweet Loving (released April)
  • 1967: I've Got You Baby (released December)
  • 1969: Little Green Apples (with Gene Chandler ; release: March)
  • 1969: A Raggedy Ride (release: May)
  • 1970: Someone Else's Arms (released March)
  • 1971: I Can't Do My Thing (released May)
  • 1973: I'll Bake Me a Man (release: July)

swell

  1. ↑ Short biography in: Pareles, Jon / Romanowski, Patricia (eds.): The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll . London: Rolling Stone Press / Michael Joseph, 1983, p. 3
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Acklin, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soul singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1998
Place of death Omaha , Nebraska , United States