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betty everett - you're no good (1963)


now!! we have a classic case of "say what?" here's the short story: this song was originally cut by dee dee warwick (sister of dionne) in 1963 for lieber & stoller. these are the same devils that produced most of elvis' hits & got credit for creating songs like "houndog" & "kansas city" (dear black moses give me a break). so when "producers" from vee-jay records heard it, $$ cha-ching $$, and they picked it up (bought the rights) in hopes to be recorded by dee clark, another r&b singer who happened to be tall, strong, & a man. but as pre-recording rehearsal continued, the corporate heads felt that the song was too insensitive for its enormous female consumer clientele, especially coming from a masculine male figure. really? a man telling a woman that she's no good. yeah right brotherman, get the steppin...so they split that scene & handed it off to singer betty everett. til this day, it is obvious that anti-male songs have always been a top seller for pop music and betty did just that...she took the tune to the top 50 on the r&b charts. wow. what a year 1963 was for this little diddy. it moved around more than ice head! NOW! fast foward 11 years to 1974, and with more soul than ever, ladies....its my pleasure to bring to you:

linda ronstadt - you're no good (1974)