Malaco's latest signing is Evette Busby from Houston, TX. Evette began singing in Hopewell Missionary Baptist church choir and after her choir director introduced her to local bluesman Patrick Green she started singing backup and doing duets with him and then sang with local bands such as Grady Gaines and The Texas Upsetters for the last 20 years.
In 2014 she met Leroy Allen and they began working together on original music which resulted in their first single together "Not Hear Not Now" in 2016 and "Don’t Stop" in 2019 which were both well received.
Evette's music has received various awards, "Don't Stop" was nominated for The President's Choice award and also nominated for Song of the Year by the Jackson Music Awards. In 2019 she won TSSA Best Southern Soul Female and in 2020 won The Jackie Award Best Recording by a Single Artist.
She featured here back in Nov 2020 with "Ready For Love" (which we loved), and is back with her rendition of one of the classics from the Stax catalogue in the form Jean Knight's "Mr. Big Stuff" from 1971. Knight's original was recorded at the Malaco studios in Jackson, MS, and spent five weeks on top of the R&B charts in 1971 and crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at #2.
As you would expect with such a big hit, many have covered the song including Lyn Collins (1975) and there have a been a few answer songs such as Vicki Anderson "I'm Too Tough For Mr. Big Stuff" (1971) and Jimmy Hicks' "I'm Mr Big Stuff" (1972).
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| Rating: | 8 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Southern Soul / Cover Version |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Malaco |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 03/02/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | 4A/94 |
| Price: | £1 |
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