| 词条 | Little Ann (singer) |
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| name = Little Ann | image = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Ann Bridgeforth | alias = A. Bridgeforth, Ann Bridgeforth, Ann Bridgeworth, Little Anne[1] | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|03|22}} | birth_place = Chicago, US | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|01|26|1945|03|22}} | death_place =Michigan, US | instrument = Vocals | genre = Soul, Northern Soul, Sweet Soul | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = c1960-69, 2003 | label = Ric-Tic, Kent Records, Deep Soul |associated_acts = |website = }} Little Ann (born Ann Bridgeforth; 22 March 1945 – 26 January 2003)[2] was an American soul singer. Her recording career was short-lived but her work was 'rediscovered' shortly before her death. Originally from Chicago, but growing up in the small town of Mount Clemens in Michigan, "Little Ann" Bridgeforth performed regularly as a singer, including at her cousin's club, Michelle's Playroom. When she was getting gigs elsewhere, she changed her name to Little Ann - how she was known within the family, as the youngest of seven brothers and sisters.[3] In 1967 in Detroit, she recorded ‘Deep Shadows’, produced by Dave Hamilton, but it was not released, and was almost lost to history.[4] In 1969, she recorded an album's worth of her soulful singing, with Hamilton. The record company, Ric-Tic, released only one song, "Going Down a One Way Street", as a single (Ric-Tic142). It was to be her only release for a long time. (One of the executives of the company was Joanne Bratton-Jackson, with whom Little Ann is sometimes, erroneously, identified.)[3] In the early 1980s an acetate of a Little Ann song was discovered by someone in England. Under the title "When He's Not Around" by "Rose Valentine" it became a big hit on the Northern Soul scene.[3] Then in 1990, that original master tape, including the song, which was really called "What Should I Do?", was discovered at Hamilton's home, leading to a release of the single on Ace/Kent Records.[5] "Deep Shadows" was finally heard by the world on CD compilation Dave Hamilton's Detroit Dancers, Vol 1 in 1998, along with two other, at-that-time unreleased, tracks. It has since been covered several times and has featured in a Nike Jordan trainers ad in the US.[4][6] Further unreleased tracks appeared on Detroit Dancers Volumes 2[7] and 3,[8] in 1999 and 2006 respectively, before the tracks were compiled on vinyl in 2009 with the release of the entire Deep Shadows album on Helsinki's Timmion Records.[3][9] Finally, with the release of some of her music, Little Ann performed in the UK, shortly before her death in 2003.[1] Little Ann (Bridgeforth) is not to be confused with Little Ann (Sandford) who recorded with Tarheel Slim between 1959 and 1965.[10][11] Discography
References1. ^1 [https://www.discogs.com/artist/106724-Little-Ann discogs.com: Little Ann] {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bridgeforth, Ann}} 2. ^rateyourmusic.com: Little Ann 3. ^1 2 3 The Golden World Story: Little Ann 4. ^1 Deep Shadows: Little Ann, Jazzman Records 5. ^https://www.discogs.com/Little-Ann-OC-Tolbert-What-Should-I-Do/master/955823 6. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz-rcskOCEo Jordan trainers ad, on Youtube] 7. ^https://www.discogs.com/Various-Dave-Hamiltons-Detroit-Dancers-Volume-2/release/2134006 8. ^https://www.discogs.com/Various-Dave-Hamiltons-Detroit-Dancers-Volume-3/release/2133995 9. ^[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126415299 Little Ann: 40 Years Later, An Unlikely Resurrection], NPR by Oliver Wang, 30 Apr 2010 10. ^https://www.discogs.com/artist/2027149-Anna-Lee-Sanford 11. ^https://www.discogs.com/artist/2027150-Tarheel-Slim-Little-Ann 14 : 1945 births|2003 deaths|African-American female singers|African-American singer-songwriters|African-American songwriters|American singer-songwriters|People from Chicago|Singers from Illinois|American soul musicians|Ric-Tic Records artists|Kent Records artists|20th-century American singers|Songwriters from Illinois|20th-century women singers |
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