Скачать или смотреть Shirley Matthews & The Big Town Girls - Big Town Boy (1963/Remaster)

Shirley Matthews is one of our most important R&B/Soul singers. She was amongst the first Canadian female singers to have a major hit. At 19 she made money singing while working a full time job at the Bell Telephone business office in Toronto. She sang at high school dances in the early sixties which led to a recurring gig at Club Bluenote rotating with David-Clayton Thomas, Shawne Jackson and The Mandala. An associate of The Four Season's manager Bob Crewe and Red Leaf Records owner Stan Klees spotted Matthews at the Bluenote and she was whisked away to New York City to record her first single "Big Town Boy" after signing a recording contract with Red Leaf.The record went Top-10 and she won a 1964 Juno Award for Female Vocalist Of The Year. She released several follow-up singles but only "Private Property" made any waves.In 1967 she was married and gave up her career in singing.