BETTYE LaVETTE
Discography

 
Bettye LaVette Story
Thanks to
Graham Finch
Artwork and Website Design
Thanks to
Lowell Boileau
 


 If you click on the link below, you should find dates and locations of
Bettye’s forthcoming concerts

www.rosebudus.com/tourdates/lavette.html

Below is a list of singles released in the USA. The first three are credited to Betty LaVett, after which it is LaVette. She added the e to Bettye while with Bubbling Brown Sugar. There were also a few European 45s, such as the Mojo label release of Let Me Down Easy in the UK.

Label Song titles Date

Atlantic 2160

My Man – He’s A Lovin’ Man
Shut Your Mouth

10/1962

Atlantic 2198

You’ll Never Change
Here I Am

10/1963

Lupine 123

Witch Craft In The Air
You Killed The Love

1964

Calla 102

Let Me Down Easy
What I Don’t Know (Won’t Hurt Me)

4/1965

Calla 104

Only Your Love Can Save Me
I Feel Good (All Over)

9/1965

Calla 106

Stand Up Like A Man
I’m Just A Fool For You

11/1965

Big Wheel 1969

I’m Holdin’ On
Tears In Vain

12/1966

Karen 1540

Almost
Love Makes The World Go Round (Instrumental)

5/1968

Karen 1544

Get Away
What Condition My Condition Is In

12/1968

Karen 1545

With A Little Help From My Friends
Hey Love

5/1969

Karen 1547

Let Me Down Easy
Ticket To The Moon

1969

Silver Fox 17

He Made A Woman Out Of Me
Nearer To You

11/1969

Silver Fox 21

Do Your Duty
Love’s Made A Fool Out Of Me

2/1970

Silver Fox 24

Games People Play
My Train’s Coming In

6/1970

SSS Int. 839

Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart
At The Mercy Of A Man

1970

SSS Int. 933

He Made A Woman Out Of Me
My Train’s Coming In

1970

TCA 001

Never My Love
Stormy

1971

ATCO 6891

Heart Of Gold
You’ll Wake Up Wiser Baby

6/1972

ATCO 6913

Your Turn To Cry
Soul Tambourine

2/1973

Epic 8-50143

Thank You For Loving Me
You Made A Believer Out Of Me

9/1975

Epic 8-50177

Behind Closed Doors
You’re A Man Of Words, I’m A Woman Of Action

1975

West End 1213

Doin’ The Best That I Can
Doin’ The Best That I Can (Instrumental)

1978

West End 1213
(Remixed 12”)

Doin’ The Best That I Can
Doin’ The Best That I Can (Instrumental)

1978

Motown 1532

Right In The Middle (Of Falling In Love)
If I Were Your Woman

1/1982

Motown 1614

I Can’t Stop
Either Way We Lose

5/1982

Streetking 1122
(12 inch)

Trance Dance
Trance Dance Dub

1984

Get Down 5484

The Rhythm & The Blues
The Rhythm & The Blues/Have You Tried Jesus

1984

Motor City 39

Surrender
Time Won’t Change This Love

1990

Bar None
(Cassette tape only)

Damn Your Eyes
Out Cold

1994

Acid Jazz AJX159S
(UK only)

Laugher Ever After (Andy Lewis featuring Bettye LaVette)
Billion Pound Project (Andy Lewis)

2004

 Below is a selection of CDs available. To obtain autographed copies, go to www.bettyelavette.com:

Note: “Souvenirs” is now deleted, but in 2006 Rhino Handmade released a limited edition CD called “Child Of The 70s, The Complete Atlantic/ATCO Recordings”, which contains all of Souvenirs, as well as two previously unreleased tracks that Bettye recorded in LA in 1972.

CD Title Details Label

Souvenirs

The complete Atlantic and ATCO recordings, including 10 previously unreleased tracks.

Art & Soul

Child of the Seventies

As above with two extra tracks.

Rhino

Bluesoul Belles

The complete Calla, Port and Roulette Recordings – Betty LaVette and Carol Fran.

Stateside

A Woman Like Me

Bettye’s W. C. Handy ‘come back’ Award-winning CD

Blues Express

I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise

Her acclaimed first CD with ANTI.

ANTI-

Scene Of The Crime

Bettye’s Grammy nominated CD.

ANTI-

Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart

All of Bettye’s Silver Fox and SSS International recordings, including a few previously unreleased tracks.

Varese Sarabande

Tell Me a Lie

The 1982 Motown recordings cut in Nashville.

Reel Music

Vanthology

Various artists - A Tribute To Van Morrison. Bettye did “Real, Real Gone” in 2003.

Evidence

Get In The Groove

A live album cut in 2005 with various artists. Bettye sings “Night Time Is The Right Time” and “Tailfeather Finale”.

Norton

What's Going On

Bettye is guest singer on this Dirty Dozen Brass Band disc, singing “What’s Happening Brother”. It was released in 2006.

Shout Factory

Song Of America

This 2007 compilation features Bettye’s sublime version of “Streets of Philadelphia”.

Thirty Tigers

You can also view some videos on YouTube; including one from 1965 of her singing Let Me Down Easy.

 This webisode wouldn’t have become a reality without the kind help of the following people, who patiently answered my tiresome questions: Robert Bateman, Jay Butler, Dennis Coffey, Don Davis, Joe Hunter, Kevin Kiley, Willie Jones, Bettye LaVette, Johnnie Mae Matthews, George McGregor, Carlis ‘Sonny’ Monro, Rudy Robinson, William ‘Sonny’ Sanders and Richard ‘Popcorn’ Wylie.

 Also thanks to Carl Pelegrino of Motorcitymusic for supplying various record label scans and to David Miekle for the photo of the bar in Phelps Lounge.

 My main interview with Bettye was in Detroit on September 12th 2001 and we spoke again - July 2008 - just before this webisode was posted online. I also extracted information from Rick Pack’s article published in Soul Survivor magazine number 8, plus the sleeve notes of the Bluesoul Belles and the Varese label CDs.

Graham Finch

 

 

Bettye LaVette Story
by

Graham Finch
DESIGN, GRAPHICS & HOSTING
by Lowell Boileau