FRANKIE PIGHEE & SOULETTES: Soul Feeling / If You Don't Think SOUL KITCHEN 7" NM
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Jun 13, 2025
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- \\\2 Born in 1938 in Howard County, Arkansas, Frankie Joycetean "flappy" Pighee relocated to Cleveland in time to begin her highschool education at John Hay. Sporting a brawny, deep, inimitable voice, Pighee cut her teeth at the Progressive Baptist Church, developing a powerful stage presence in the process. Her friendship with Leo's Casino proprietor Leo Frank helped place her in choice slots before the O'Jays, Temptations, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding. Her live show was marked by wild handmade attire and headpieces, and Frankie parlayed into a sideline gig as a seamstress for local luminaries and,in Gladys Knight, at least one national star.Though gifted with innate songwriting ability, Pighee found her 400-pound frame a barrier between her and stardom as a recording artist.Still,she was much beloved by the Bodies .Louise even recalls that the Soul Kitchen label was minted to issue Frankie Pighee's recordings). Unfortunately, "Soul Feeling" and ''if you don't think'' ,issued in 1967, are the only Pighee sides ever to release.Two years later,Frankie sought out an experimental variety of weight loss surgery and was able to shrink down to less than a third of her former size. Although this physical change had its impacton her voice and strength, slowing her performances as a side effect. Frankie Pighee's glowing personality remained a fixture on the local Cleveland scene until she passed on in 2002.
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