She is a singer-songwriter born in Bessemer, Atlanta, who spent her high school years where some of the other students included Frederick Knight and William Bell aka Bill Spoon of Bill Spoon & The Soul Notes.
She joined up with a group of singers and musicians in Brooklyn in the early 1970s and became a founder member of the King Davis House Rockers in 1972, soon changing to Madison Street Express and Brothers Trucking. Within a year or so they had evolved into Brooklyn Transit Express and soon became familiarly known as B.T. Express. She sang with them on lead vocals throughout the next 3 or 4 years or so, seeing success from 1974 with the gold disc winning hits “Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied)” and her co-written “Express” as well as several other chart hitting songs and albums.
She still makes occasional appearances with members of the group at events such as the 2004 Soul-Patrol East Convention in New Jersey and in 2006 she featured as a vocalist with Brass Construction on a tour of France, which included an appearance at the Fiesta des Suds in Marseilles.
B.T. Express recordings
Give It What You Got
(Roadshow S62191) (US promo 45)
Here she is singing “Peace Pipe” with B.T. Express…
Sources:
- http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/BT%20Express.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_in_music
- http://www.70disco.com/btexpres.htm
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dnfyxq8gldje~T3
- http://funkymusic.tripod.com/bte/bt.html
- http://www.soulcitylimits.com/Soulin_/Soulin__Index/soulin__index_5.html
- http://www.soul-patrol.com/convention/2004-convprogram1.pdf
- http://www.kesakonet.com/spip.php?article1009
- http://www.wegofunk.com/Brass-Construction-de-retour-en-France_a723.html