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Ann Peebles
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Ann Peebles, born on 27 April 1947 in Kinloch, Missouri, is an American soul singer and songwriter. She was the seventh of eleven children and as a child sang in the choir of her father's church and in the family group The Peebles Choir. She also listened to rhythm and blues by Muddy Waters, Mary Wells and Aretha Franklin. In the 1960s she sang in clubs in St. Louis and in Oliver Sain's revue. In 1968 she sang in a club in Memphis and was offered a contract with Hi Records there.
Music and breakthrough
The first records, produced by Willie Mitchell, had the typical Hi sound, with the Hi Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns. Her first record, Walk Away, reached the rhythm and blues chart in 1969, and in 1970 Part Time Love followed. Then came Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love, Breaking Up Somebody's Home and I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, later a hit for Paul Young. With her husband Don Bryant she wrote I Can't Stand the Rain, which became the title of her 1974 album.
Influence
After Hi Records closed in 1979 she took a break. In 1989 she returned with Call Me. In 2014 she was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. Her warm, smoky voice belongs to the Memphis soul of the 1970s.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 1969This Is Ann Peebles
- 1970Part Time Love
- 1971Straight From the Heart
- 1974I Can’t Stand the Rain
- 1975Tellin’ It
- 1977The Handwriting Is on the Wall
- 1978If This Is Heaven
- 1989Call Me
- 1992Full Time Love
- 1995Just You and Me
- 1996Fill This World With Love
- 2005I Believe to My Soul
- 2006Brand New Classics
In School of Rock
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- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader