Barbara Lewis
Barbara Lewis (born 9 February 1943, Salem, Michigan, near Ann Arbor) is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues.Barbara Lewis was writing and recording by her teens with record producer Ollie McLaughlin (a black DJ at Ann Arbor radio station WHRV, now WAAM, who is also credited with discovering Del Shannon).[citation needed]Lewis' first single release in 1962, the uptempo "My Heart Went Do Dat Da," did not chart nationally, but was a local hit in the Det ...
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