Bettye LaVette

[Tinymoezzy]

Nothing compares to hearing her voice.

[maxstron123]

muy buena la música de la bettye lavette, hoy la descubrí en el cable y me gusto me parece de que voy a seguir escuchándola

[SoulMusicGlobal]

Brilliant video from the BEST living soul singer on the planet!

[wingedheels]

I grew up in Detroit when the radio played nothing but Motown, 24/7 period...and it has taken, finally, a Northern Irish friend to turn me on to this woman who blows the other girls away. Wow. Thank you Northern Soul for keeping it real.

[lovelykeke911]

what year was this?

[wingedheels]

@lovelykeke911  I think 1962?

[lovelykeke911]

@wingedheels thanks beautiful tune

[BabyDillGerkin]

seeing her saturday night at Joe's Pub - awesome

[jubamiad]

Stunning. Why was this lady not famous years ago? She's better than most. Love her, love this song.

[ssballs]

Nice article in the New Yorker.Thanks for this footage!

[crackfarm76]

she makes it sound so easy!

[irchristo]

"better by far" than many more famous entertainers

[divinefart]

goddess and a legend , wow, thanks for making my life better Ms Lavette

[LegrandnjClassicSoul]

Wonderful.

[donsullivano]

I saw Betty live in dublin last friday. still a magnificent entertainer after over 40 years .

this is in my opinion the greatest soul recording of all time it was brought to our attention in the UK by the late Dave Godin

[EarthsAngels]

Stunning in every way! Such a treasure!

[downhill240]

I grew up with this kind of singing. Then MTV came along and every singer in the country started to do all those silly dance vids. Just get up, take the mike and sing. I'll watch!

[hoselrockitt]

whoa!

[tubesandvinyl]

Wow. That was glorious. Betty is amazing! Thanks for uploading.

[danagarro]

what year is this?

[tendarine1]

What a voice!

[gardned]

She nails this song and sings it so effortlessly...Truly amazing!!

[luvureally]

Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" was written for Ms. Lavette.

[Lovesstreet]

Congratulatons all!! This is the first comment section I've seen in years of Youtubing that wasn't angry people yelling at each other!!! It must be Bettye!

[Minordd3]

I agree. I love all era's of music and I've never heard of her. Neither has my mom and she and her sisters were music fanatics from the 50's up until now.

[robirob12000]

Where has this chick been all my life. Why don't we know who she is - Thanks for this too President Obama :)

[Minordd3]

I'm sorry to say I had never heard of her until Sunday 1/18/09.

She has a very powerful voice. Then and now!!

[clairvoyant3]

Great! Good for her, as she performed just today also, 1/19/09 for the Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration concert.

[rickya2]

this woman stole the show at kennedy center honors the Who! still rocking it and better than ever.

[tigremotoretta]

I had the pleasure of seeing her at the 100 Club many years ago, an impossibly moving experience. Thank you so much for uploading this.

[thegasworks]

Can't say I was ever a fan but I am now. Great video, thanks for posting!

[replyform]

Since i happened upon this video, not long ago. I realized that i was listening to a performer, who actually hit me just right. Love you Bettye. Thank you for this.

[kpitt1204]

This woman is one of the baddest around. I saw her perform and put the audience in the palm of her hand. Whatever she sings about, you feel too. I love her as a singer, and when she is just as entertaining off stage. And yes, she is FINE! She is built like a 20 year old.

[OliverPenn1]

Bettye has said, "I had the choice of going on Ed Sullivan or Shindig! I chose Shindig! Last year, she finally appeared on the Sullivan stage of the David Letterman Show. Great singer, marvelous performer.

[tomovox]

Now that's an interesting comment! I saw this episode and was so impressed that the producers booked so many soulful acts and never asked them to tone down the performance. Bettye tore the house down with this and it made me a new and everlasting fan.

[tripfaller]

Fantastic to see such an early version! What a find! Thanks for posting this :-)

[bemaniac2]

she looks like patti labelle

[kiloscott]

Amazing! What is this from? She is actually quite sedate here, compared to what she is up to these days. She is just plain nasty now.

[scotandi]

I saw her live a couple of months ago...what a talent! what a singer! She is awesome. x

[jeffersongenya]

Saw this performance back in '65. Loved her.

AWESOME TALENT!!!

And she is STILL putting out ground breaking music to this day. Check out her "My Own Hell To Raise" c.d.

And she still looks THIS GOOD!

[lxytx]

I think she looks better!