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Betty Wright, Powerful Singer Of ‘Clean Up Woman’ And Many More, Has Died At 66

PEOPLE Posted: May 11, 2020 7:00 am

Wright, whose first hit came when she was 17 and who produced and mentored scores of other performers as she aged, had 20 singles in the Billboard R&B Top 40 and a voice that blew other singers out of the water. She was “one of the first pop vocalists to sing in the stratospheric ‘whistle register,’ a technique also used by Minnie Riperton, Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande.” – The New York Times

PEOPLE Published: 05.10.20

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