Скачать или смотреть BRENDA HOLLOWAY Every Little Bit Hurts 1962 45 Del Fi Records

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She was born in Atascadero, California on June 26, 1946, the eldest of three children to Wade and Johnnie Mae (Fossett) Holloway.[1][2] In 1948, she and her infant brother, Wade, Jr., moved with their parents to the Watts section of Los Angeles where her sister, Patrice, was born in 1951. Brenda took up violin, flute and piano and sang in her church choir, as well as developing a love of classical music.[1] At the age of 14, Brenda began working on demonstration records and singing backup for Los Angeles-based R&B acts,[3] and with the young Patrice.[1]

In 1962, she made her recording debut with the single, "Hey Fool", released on the small Donna record label.[4] That same year, at the age of 16, she recorded the first version of Ed Cobb's ballad, "Every Little Bit Hurts", released as a single by Del-Fi Records. She also recorded duets with Hal Davis for the Minasa and Snap labels, and worked with other local recording artists.[5] After graduating from Jordan High School, she also studied music at Compton Community College.[1] In late 1963, she was invited by Davis to a deejay's party which Motown CEO Berry Gordy Jr. was attending,[1] and lip-synced to Mary Wells' hit "You Beat Me to the Punch". Gordy was impressed by Holloway's looks, and subsequently by her vocal power, and opted to sign her to Motown. Holloway was aged 17 at the time, and was Motown's first West Coast signing.[3]
The Motown years

After signing with Motown's Tamla division, Holloway was given the option to either move to Detroit to record at Motown's Hitsville studios or stay in Los Angeles where Motown began hiring West Coast staffers. Holloway chose to stay in Los Angeles for the time being, and her early Motown records were produced there by Hal Davis and Marc Gordon. Holloway's first recording was "Every Little Bit Hurts", a song she had recorded two years earlier while working as a session musician. Holloway was reluctant to record the song, and later said she was upset during the sessions; several takes were recorded before producers felt that Holloway had hit her mark. Released in April 1964, three months before Holloway's eighteenth birthday, the song peaked at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100,[6] winning her a spot on Motown's Motortown Revue.[5] She was regarded as a highly talented singer. According to one biographical article