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Mitty Lene Collier (born June 21, 1941 in Birmingham , Alabama ) is an American soul and gospel singer .
Career
Collier began her musical career in the Hayes Ensemble, a gospel group, and sang in church as a child. Ralph Bass discovered her at a talent competition and made contact with Chess Records , where she signed a record deal in 1960. Collier initially recorded "secular" songs and had her first success with I'm Your Part Time Love , which reached number 20 on the R&B charts in the fall of 1963.
In 1964 she recorded James Cleveland's spiritual I Had a Talk with My God Last Night , but replaced the word "God" with "man". The song reached number 3 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 . a. covered by Dusty Springfield , Marva Wight, Inez Foxx and Shirley Brown. Other recordings for Chess include Come Back Baby , For My Man , Sharing You , Watching and Waiting , That'll Be Good Enough and You're the Only One . Sharing You entered the top 10 on the R&B charts in 1966.
In 1968, Collier left Chess Records and recorded 5 singles for William Bell's Peachtree label. In 1972 she ended her secular career and began to sing gospel, she also made several records in this field. Today she is pastor of the More Like Christ Christian Fellowship Ministries in Chicago.
Discography
Albums
- 1965: Shades of a Genius
- 1972: The Warning
- 1977: Hold the Light ...
- 1987: I Am Love
- 2012: I Owe It All to the Word
Compilations
- 1998: Shades of a Genius
- 2008: Shades of a Genius: The Chess Singles 1961–1968
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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R&B
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| 1963 | I'm Your Part Time Love |
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R&B20 (2 weeks) R&B |
First published: September 1963
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| 1964 | I Had a Talk with My Man Shades of a Genius |
US41 (10 weeks) US |
R&B3 (13 weeks) R&B |
First published: August 1964
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| 1965 | No Faith, No Love Shades of a Genius |
US91 (5 weeks) US |
R&B26 (6 weeks) R&B |
First published: December 1964
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| 1966 | Sharing you |
US97 (2 weeks) US |
R&B10 (9 weeks) R&B |
First published: February 1966
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More singles
- 1961: I've Got Love (released May)
- 1962: Don't Let Her Take My Baby (released March)
- 1963: My Babe (released May)
- 1964: Pain (released March)
- 1965: Ain't That Love (released June)
- 1965: For My Man (released September)
- 1966: My Party (release: May)
- 1966: Like Only Yesterday (released December)
- 1967: You're the Only One (release: August)
- 1967: That'll Be Good Enough for Me (released December)
- 1968: Everybody Makes a Mistake Sometime (released June)
- 1969: You Hurt So Good (released June)
- 1969: I'd Like to Change Places (release: December)
- 1970: True Love Never Comes Easy (March release)
- 1970: Lovin 'on Borrowed Time
- 1970: Your Sign Is a Good Sign
- 1972: I'd Like to Change Places with His Part Time Lover (release: September)
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- ↑ Chart sources: Billboard Hot 100 / Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
Web links
- Mitty Collier at Allmusic (English)
- Mitty Collier at Discogs (English)
- Mitty Collier at soulwalking.co.uk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Collier, Mitty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Collier, Mitty Lene (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soul and gospel singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham, Alabama |