Major Works
- The Shoop Shoop Song (1963)
- It’s In His Kiss (1964)
- Delicious Together (1964)
- There’ll Come A Time (1969)
- Love Rhymes (1974)
- Black Girl (1974)
- Happy Endings (1975)
- Hot to Handle (1982)
Album
Betty Everett / Best Of (Let It Be Me)
1.You’re No Good
2.It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
3.Let It Be Me
4.I Can’t Hear You
5.It’s Getting Mighty Crowded
6.It Hurts To Be In Love
7.Love Is Strange
8.Chained To A Memory
9.No Place To Hide
10.Too Hot To Hold
11.I’m Gonna Be Ready
12.Just Be True
13.Hands Off
14.Until You Were gone
15.The Way You Do The Things You Do
16.Hound Dog
17.I Need You
18.The Real Thing
19.Chained To Your Love
Betty Everett: A Biography
by Cassandra Thomas (SHS)
Cassandra Thomas (SHS Researcher)
Born November 23, 1939, in Greenwood, Mississippi, Betty Everett moved to Chicago during the late 50’s. She began playing the piano and singing in church at age nine and these were two of her favorite activities. When she moved to Chicago, it was a very busy city even during the fifties and because of its overpopulation it was very hard for Betty during her first years. Betty Everett recorded for several local labels, including Cobra and Onederful, but Everett’s big hits came when she signed with VeeJay Records.
As a teenager, Betty performed with Muddy Waters and Magic Sam. Betty Everett recorded The Shoop Shoop Song [It’s In His Kiss]. In the Spring of 1964 it was a top ten song. Other songs like I Can’t Hear You and Getting Mighty Crowded were not as successful. She sang a duet with another well-known Chicago-area singer named Jerry Butler, and Let It Be Me also made the top ten that year. There were other Betty Everett/Jerry Butler duets. One was their single Smile and their LP Delicious Together. There’ll Come A Time was her first entry in the soul charts, and it made number two. It was also her last top forty hit.
Betty had five more songs to make the soul charts on Uni and Fantasy by 1971. She received the BMI Pop Award in 1964 and 1991, and the BMI R&B Award in 1964.
The song that Betty Everett is best remembered for was recorded in 1964, and it was called The Shoop Shoop Song [It’s In His Kiss]. Betty Everett made a successful tour of England in the mid-60’s.
Betty Everett died in August 2001 at the age of 61, in her home in Wisconsin.
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Related Websites
- ‘Shoop Shopp’ singer Betty Everett Dies. MTV News, 8/20/2001
- Betty Everett, 61. August 22, 2001 Chicago Tribune
- IMDb page for Betty Everett
- African American Registry: Betty Everett Born