Search - Barbara Mason :: Greatest Hits (Exp)

One of the first singers to become identified with the smooth sweet sounds that became Philly soul, Barbara Mason s main focus was on songwriting when she entered the music biz in her teens. She soon started performing her own material and scored a huge hit in 1965 with Yes I m Ready (number five pop, number two R&B), which established Barbara as a top-notch soul performer, and audiences grew to love her blend of smooth soul-pop. Barbara changed her focus considerably in the seventies singing about sexual love and infidelity with a frankness that was uncommon among female soul singers of the day. Songs like Shackin Up , From His Woman To You , Bed And Board and She s Got The Papers (But I Got The Man) cemented her stature in the pop-soul pantheon. The late, great Curtis Mayfield showed an interest in Barbara s singing and produced a version of his Give Me Your Love which scored Barbara a top ten hit in 1973. All in all, Barbara chalked up eleven pop and eighteen! R&B hits between 1965 and 1984. As a tribute to the first lady of Philly soul, we have assembled the original Philly musicians and recreated all the hits at the same studio that they were originally recorded, the famed Sigma Sound in Philadelphia. The results are an album of Barbara s greatest hits greatly benefited by the advances in technology since they were first recorded but not losing any of the original feeling that made these songs hits. At long last Barbara s fans can have the greatest hits package that they have always longed for, and the hits sound better than ever!