Song:It Should Have Been Me
Album:Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
It Should Have Been Me did very well on the dance and R & B charts and was also a big hit in England. But it's a great song and performance and should have been a much bigger hit. And Yvonne Fair only recorded the one album in 1974 so she deserved better too. She was born Flora Yvonne Coleman Oct. 21, 1942 in Richmond, VA. She started out a a member of a reformed version of the 50s girl group The Chantels and then worked for James Brown. Motown signed her in the early 70s after spotting her as a backup singer for Chuck Jackson. She worked with producer Norman Whitfield and her only album The Bitch Is Black was released in 1975. Three of her singles hit the R & B singles chart. But It Should Have Been Me caught on in clubs and reached #9 on the Dance Music chart. And it reached #5 on the UK singles chart in early 1976. It Should Have Been Me was written by Whitfield and Mickey Stevenson and was first recorded by Stevenson's wife Kim Weston and also recorded by Gladys Knight. Norman Whitfield left Motown soon after to start his own label at Warner Bros. and Yvonne Fair never recorded again. She died on Mar. 6, 1994 at age 51. The Bitch Is Black was released on CD last year. But I think most fans will only want It Should Have Been Me. And you can get it on this Motown comp with other 70s hits. It Should Have Been Me appeared in the film Bridget Jones Diary. And it appeared in a great scene in the BBC sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley in 2006. And here is the clip from The Vicar Of Dibley featuring Dawn French.
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