Tonight is the Night "Tonight is the Night" was the song that made Betty Wright the soul r&b legend that she is today.
Her first hit record, "Clean up Woman," happened a few years before, but it was "Tonight is the Night" that showcased Wright's powerful songwriting and connected her with millions of other young women for generations to come.
She's Got Papers On Me Her rant at the end of the Richard "Dimples" Fields classic "She's Got Papers On Me" was the song's show-stopping moment and most people can't imagine the song without her (even though that was exactly the case with the original version- Ms.
B was an afterthought).
At the end of the 80's Betty Wright became an indie trailblazer as the first female artist to achieve a gold record on her own independent label, Ms.
B Records, with "No Pain, No Gain.
" Color Her Bad Betty Wright is one of the few entertainers of any genre that has been relevant to the music business for every decade of the last 50 years.
In the 90's her successful litigation against pop group Color Me Bad for their illegal sampling of "Tonight Is the Night" set legal precedent for similar cases.
Legal samples from the song have become a staple in the world of hip hop appearing on records by Tupac, Li'l Wayne, and others.
Wright expanded Ms.
B Music, adding the gospel label Beatitude Records.
As the new millennium took shape Betty Wright was introduced to the MTV generation as the go-to vocal coach for Diddy's first two incarnations of Making the Band.
Ms.
B Music Group made its mark on the decade with gospel group Revelation S.
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and Betty's own hit "U-R-A Ho (& U Don't Know).
" "She really cleans up" Today, Wright is still firmly in the game with a Grammy nomination for last year's live recording of "Go" the lead single from her upcoming album.
The legend's legacy is moving into the next generation with the burgeoning solo careers of three of her daughters Aisha Wright, TreeCee Lee, and Asher.
TreeCee's debut single "Wanna Fight Me" (featuring Miami's own Diamond Princess, Trina) is an underground favorite throughout the dirty south.
What's more, the original "Clean up Woman" has brought her career into the digital age with her presence on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and the sale of her independent catalog titles on I-Tunes and other digital outlets.
For more information visit her official Ms B Music Group fan page on Facebook.