Mary Jane Hooper, real name Sena Fletcher, recorded a handful of songs with Eddie Bo in the late sixties. As far as I know only five sides were released, rumors of another extant single notwithstanding...[has anyone actually ever seen a copy of, I've Got What You Need?]
I doubt anyone has ever said Hooper was the strongest singer in the world....but there is a quality to her voice, a vulnerability, that's very appealing.
I think of her as someone of limited talent who nonetheless gave her all when she sang....pushed her vocals as far as she possibly could.
In that way, I don't think the power of her recordings lies in her ability to express the feeling of a song, but more in the way she, herself, lays it all on the line.
Anyway....it's a beautiful song, written and produced by Eddie Bo.
My copy of the 45 is pretty rough, so sue me.
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