This is Laura Lee, singing her absolute Blackpool Mecca anthem, "To Win Your Heart". This was recorded in 1965 for Ric-Tic Records, and was a vocal version of the San Remo Golden Strings' "Festival Time". Laura Lee Newton was born on the 9 March 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. Lee's first recording was made for the Detroit-based Ric-Tic label. She was signed to Chess Records in 1966, who, after failing to find success with a Chicago-recorded single, sent her to Rick Hall's Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals where "Dirty Man" and "Uptight Good Man" became two 1967 R&B hits. She recorded many fine, assertive sides for Chess, before beginning her most prolific period when she joined Hot Wax Records, one of the companies founded by the Holland/Dozier/Holland song writing team. "Wedlock Is A Padlock", "Women's Love Rights", "Rip Off" and "If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)", continued the singer's uncompromising demands, but such declarations were inverted on "I'll Catch You When You Fall" and "I Can't Make It Alone" as Lee broadened her canvas. The singer left the HDH stable in 1975, but despite enjoying an R&B hit with "You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree", her later output was largely unsuccessful. Laura Lee returned to the gospel field in 1983 with "Jesus Is The Light Of My Life", which she co-produced with singer Al Green. In 1998, while filming "The Strange World Of Northern Soul" we tracked down Laura in Detroit, and filmed this priceless footage for our ground breaking Encyclopedia Britannica of Northern Soul, and I am so glad that we did.
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