Bettye LaVette (born Betty Jo Haskins, January 29, 1946) is an American sou… Read Full Bio ↴Bettye LaVette (born Betty Jo Haskins, January 29, 1946) is an American soul singer-songwriter who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, with her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. Her eclectic musical style combines elements of soul, blues, rock and roll, funk, gospel, and country music.
With one of her first singles turning into a national hit, 1962's "Let Me Down Easy", Detroit-raised LaVette would seem a natural soul star, but she was never able to cut an album deal. In 1972 her album A Child of the Seventies was shelved by Atlantic Records, then thought lost forever in a fire. She eked out a living on the European festival circuit, occasionally surfacing such as with the disco single "Doin' the Best that I Can", but remained obscure until French soul collector Gilles Petard tracked down the lost masters and persuaded Atlantic to let him release them on his vanity label as Souvenirs. A live album and 2005's cover album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise followed.
With the release of The Scene of the Crime, Bettye Lavette inches closer to the mainstream, or at least a much bigger cult following. Backed by The Drive-by Truckers and released on -Anti, The Scene of the Crime is recorded at the legendary FAME studios in Muscles Shoals, Alabama. The same place as her lost album. The connection doesn't end there - Patterson Hood of the Drive-by Truckers is the son of David Hood, who played on the 1972 album.
In 2009, she appeared at President Barack Obama's Inaugural Celebration, singing "A Change Is Gonna Come" with Jon Bon Jovi. It was televised globally.
With one of her first singles turning into a national hit, 1962's "Let Me Down Easy", Detroit-raised LaVette would seem a natural soul star, but she was never able to cut an album deal. In 1972 her album A Child of the Seventies was shelved by Atlantic Records, then thought lost forever in a fire. She eked out a living on the European festival circuit, occasionally surfacing such as with the disco single "Doin' the Best that I Can", but remained obscure until French soul collector Gilles Petard tracked down the lost masters and persuaded Atlantic to let him release them on his vanity label as Souvenirs. A live album and 2005's cover album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise followed.
With the release of The Scene of the Crime, Bettye Lavette inches closer to the mainstream, or at least a much bigger cult following. Backed by The Drive-by Truckers and released on -Anti, The Scene of the Crime is recorded at the legendary FAME studios in Muscles Shoals, Alabama. The same place as her lost album. The connection doesn't end there - Patterson Hood of the Drive-by Truckers is the son of David Hood, who played on the 1972 album.
In 2009, she appeared at President Barack Obama's Inaugural Celebration, singing "A Change Is Gonna Come" with Jon Bon Jovi. It was televised globally.
Love Caught Me Out
Bettye LaVette Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Bettye LaVette:
A Woman Like Me You could fall for a woman like me 'Cause I find…
All My Love Should I fall out of love, my fire in the…
Before The Money Came Hey, hey Close shootin′, don't kill no birds I′m standin' t…
Bless Us All Bless the losers Gods lost children The drunks the fools…
Bless Us All... Bless the losers Gods lost children The drunks the fools…
Change Is Gonna Come I was born by the river in a little tent Oh…
Choices I've had choices since the day I was born There were…
Close As I'll Get to Heaven Just 'cause I haven't had what I want don't mean I…
Complicated She looks so simple in her way And does the same…Concrete Mind Angels hovering round the porchlight Working overtime I was …
Crazy I remember when I almost lost my mind There was something …
Dirty Old Town I met my love down by Norman High Dreamed the dream…
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Baby, do you understand me now Sometimes I feel a little…
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me I can't light up No more of your darkness All of my…
Down to Zero Oh the feeling When you're reeling You're stepin' lightly th…
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere I think I′d like to go Back home And take it easy There's…
Everything Is Broken Broken lines, broken strings Broken threads, broken springs …
Fortune Teller Waking up like hello Feeling so mellow Fresh up at the style…
Hard to Be a Human A brain that hardly functions It makes me act so strange It'…
He Made a Woman Out of Me I was born on a levy A little bit south of…
How Am I Different I can't do it, I can't conceive You're everything you're tr…
I When I was a young girl, advice I would scorn Now…
I Can’t Stop I can′t stop I can't stop this feeling Oh I just can′t…
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got I'm walking through the desert And I am not frightened altho…
I Heard It Though the Grapevine I bet you're wonderin' how I knew 'Bout your plans to…
I Heard It Through The Grapevine I bet you're wonderin' how I knew 'Bout your plans to…
i hold no grudge I hold no grudge There′s no resentment und'neath I′ll extend…
I'm Gonna Try EVERYBODY KNOWS...EVERYONE FORGETS YOU'D THINK BY NOW WE WOU…
I'm in Love As I stand alone on this moonful night for the…
I'm Not Gonna Waste My Love EVERYBODY KNOWS...EVERYONE FORGETS YOU'D THINK BY NOW WE WOU…
I'm Not The One As I stand alone on this moonful night for the…
I’m Not the One EVERYBODY KNOWS...EVERYONE FORGETS YOU'D THINK BY NOW WE WOU…
IM IN LOVE As I stand alone on this moonful night for the…
Isn't It a Pity Isn't it a pity? Now, isn't it a shame How we break…
It Ain't Me Babe Go on away from my window Leave at your own chosen…
It's Alright Black streams cross the heavens They slice up the beautiful …
I’m Not the One I've been tried And I've been tested I was born tired And I…
Jealousy It cuts me deep And it cuts me wide This gut rock…
Jimmy Mack Jimmy Mack Jimmy, Oh Jimmy Mack when are you comin'…
Joy I don't want you anymore Cause you took my joy I don't…
Just Between You and Me and the Wall You No amount of money Ever take away the pain Trouble and the…
Just Between You and Me and the Wall You're a Fool No amount of money Ever take away the pain Trouble and the…
Just Between You Me and the Wall You're a Fool No amount of money Ever take away the pain Trouble and the…
Just Say So If you want me tonight, just say so If you want…
Lazy one time i had a real job it didn't thrill me they…
Le'ts Go Lets Go Let's Go There's a thrill upon the hill Let's go, let's a-go, let's…
Let Me Down Easy Let me down easy though your love for me is…
Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go There's a thrill upon the hill Let's go, let's a-go, let's…
Little Sparrow Little sparrow, little sparrow Precious fragile little thi…
Love Reign O'Er Me Only love can make it rain Like when the beach is…
Mama, You Been On My Mind Perhaps it′s the color of the sun cut flat Covering the…
Maybe I'm Amazed Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all…
Most Of The Time Most of the time I'm clear focused all around, Most of the…
Nights in White Satin Nights in white satin, never reaching the end, Letters I've…
No Time to Live As time begins to burn itself upon me And the days…
On the Surface On the surface everything seems right no one notices the…
Only Your Love Can Save Me Only your love can save me Only your love can save…
Piece of My Heart Somebody pick up my pieces I'm scattered everywhere And put …
Plan B Worn out, frazzled, taking too long Same old words and the…
Right In The Middle Thought I′d never find me someone To stop the rain and…
Salt of the Earth I wanna drink to the hard working people Let's drink of…
Sleep to Dream I tell you how I feel, but you don't care. I…
Somebody Pick Up My Pieces Somebody pick up my pieces I'm scattered everywhere And pu…
Souvenirs All the snow has turned to water Christmas days have come…
Step Away I been lied to, I been crossed I been put up…
Stop Don't tell me to stop Tell the rain not to drop Tell…
Streets of Philadelphia I was bruised and battered, couldn't tell what I felt I…
Surrender I want the love that you deny me That I need…
The Forecast The forecast Home before my breakfast Shot of whisky on the…
The High Road I won't be a victim, a beggar, a fool I try…
The Last Time Time is runnin' out Friends are too The word is getting' o…
The More I Search (The More I Die) I am an open book, I ain't got no secrets My…
The Word Say the word and you'll be free Say the word and…
Things Have Changed Worried woman with a worried mind No one in front of…
Thru the Winter We stopped making love sometime last summer But we held on…
Too Great A Price To Pay We have our ups and downs That's part of how we…
Unbelievable It's unbelievable, it's strange but true It's inconceivable …
Undamned Sometimes, the things we believe Turn out to be nothing but…
Wait It's been a long time Now I'm coming back home I've been…
When a Woman's Had Enough Lord I tried to tell him time and time again Just wasn'…
When I Was a Young Girl When I was a young girl, advice I would scorn Now…
When the Blues Catch Up to You You're moving way too fast One day you'll pay for what…
Where a Life Goes What's it like Who you are? Are you young and beautiful…
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad I gotta find a way To get me back to yesterday How…
Wish You Were Here So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell Blue skies…
Worthy It took a mighty blow To crack me all the way…
Yesterday Is Here If you want money in your pocket You want a top…
You Don't Know Me At All I woke up this morning With an attitude Looked at the head…
You Dont Know Me At All I woke up This morning I had a blues Looked At the headlines…
You Killed The Love I said you killed the love I had for you Whoa,…
Your Time to Cry I gave you all of my love But you treated me…
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