Ashleigh Smith [2023] - I Can't Help It (Radio Edit) [TopCat Records]

A Stevie Wonder song (co-written with one time Supreme Susaye Greene), "I Can't Help It", is the vehicle for a jazz interpretation by Ashleigh Smith.

The song was first recorded by Michael Jackson on "Off The Wall" and was also the flip of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" in 1979.

Ashleigh Smith grew up in Georgia singing along to her fathers jazz records by greats such as Ella Fitzgerald but also Stevie Wonder and Prince. In 2014 she won the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition after coming second two years earlier. It won her a recording contract with Concord Records. In the same year (2014) she won Miss Black Texas competition. Her debut album "Sunkissed" was released by Concord in 2016.

She featured here with her last single "I Can Love You" (Feb '22).

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Soul Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	TopCat Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/08/2023
Key/BPM:	3A/100
Price:	£1

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Ashleigh Smith [2022] - I Can Love You [TopCat Records]

Ashleigh Smith grew up in Georgia singing along to her fathers jazz records by greats such as Ella Fitzgerald but also Stevie Wonder and Prince. In 2014 she won the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition after coming second two years earlier. It won her a recording contract with Concord Records. In the same year (2014) she won Miss Black Texas competition.

Her debut album "Sunkissed" was released by Concord in 2016 which contained several covers one of Chrisette Michele "Love Is You" who she sang backing vocals for earlier. There is a nice alternate version of Hall & Oates "Sara Smile", a jazz cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird".

Her latest single "I Can Love You" was released yesterday (28 Feb 2022) which is jazzy neo soul and as far as I can tell only her third single. She now lives in Dallas and there are several artists with the same name and bizarrely, whilst searching for links, I discovered one is also from Dallas.

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Details

Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul  Jazz
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	TopCat Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	28/02/2022
Key/BPM:	10A/79
Value:	£1