Jean DuShon (aka Anna Jean Harris) from Detroit has an
interesting story. She was first to release "For Once In My Life" for
Cadet in 1966. The song was co-written by a Motown writer Ron Miller and
once Berry Gordy got wind of it he put a stop to Chess/Cadet promoting it.
Gordy had already recorded it with Connie Haines but not released it and
then recorded it with Barbara McNair and several other Motown artists
(Four Tops, Martha & The Vandellas, Temptations), but of course it was
Stevie Wonder who had a world-wide hit with it.
The two songs featured here are her first "Feeling Good" (the Anthony Newley song made famous by Nina Simone) and last of four
recordings on Cadet "As I Watch You Walk Away", although she did record one on the forerunner Argo, one side with The
Ramsey Lewis Trio.
After recording "As I Watch You Walk Away" DuShon never recorded again citing the reason as not being able to sing
"For Once In My Life".
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