ILA VANN My Mother Said Made Me This Way RARE Northern Soul 45 PIP van NM HEAR
$
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Description
Artist: Ila Vann
Title: My Mother Said/You Made Me This Way 7"
Label: PIP
Catalog#: PIP-8933
Year: 1972
Notes: NM copy of this rare northern soul classic by Ila Vann. Ila Vann is the kind of performer you never forget, bubbling with energy and full of life, she has been performing since her mother brought her on tour with legend Mahalia Jackson. Born in New Jersey, USA, Ila started her singing career as a child. She eventually found her way to radio and signed a recording contract with the pop music label Liberty Records.
Ila hit Broadway in 1972 in the musical Inner City. She later toured with the USO and had her first hit record, "Can’t Help Loving That Man" which captured No.1 in the UK. She continued to be a sought after solo performer as well as providing distinct harmonies with pop greats Frank Sinatra, Kenny Rogers, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, and Louis Armstrong.
Throughout the seventies, Ila toured extensively with her band Business Before Pleasure, which has gained a following in Canada, particularly Quebec.
Ila's friendship with songwriter Helen Miller offered her the chance to help sell the Broadway musical 'Inner City', written by Miller and Eve Merriam. The show opened on Broadway without Ila, after a producer thought she wasn't 'black' enough to play her role. When it came time to release a single from the show, everyone involved wanted Ila to record it. 'My Mother Said' was released in 1972 on Pickwick International Productions, along with the magnificent B-side, 'You Made Me This Way'. This song was a big hit in Britain. Although not from 'Inner City', it was also written by Helen Miller.
"Bell Sound" stamp on runout (pictured).
LISTEN to a sample from both sides of the actual 45!
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