The late, great Vesta Williams; a brilliant voice that deserved far more exposure than it got.
She was known for her four-octave vocal range and once sang The Star Spangled Banner for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves. Although Williams never had any albums certified gold nor any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, she scored six Top 10 hits on the United States Billboard R&B chart from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. She was known for the hits, Sweet Sweet Love, Special, and her 1989 hit and signature song, Congratulations. But to me, Once Bitten, Twice Shy is the song that defines her career. Produced by David Crawford, an acclaimed producer at Atlantic records who worked with artists such as the Mighty Clouds Of Joy, Candi Staton and B.B. King. The 12" extended version was remixed by Flytetyme wingman Steve Hodge, a man who mixed almost everything that came out of Jam & Lewis's Flyte Tyme Studios for 16 years, there's very little Steve Hodge doesn't know about making R&B records work.
She was known for her four-octave vocal range and once sang The Star Spangled Banner for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves. Although Williams never had any albums certified gold nor any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, she scored six Top 10 hits on the United States Billboard R&B chart from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. She was known for the hits, Sweet Sweet Love, Special, and her 1989 hit and signature song, Congratulations. But to me, Once Bitten, Twice Shy is the song that defines her career. Produced by David Crawford, an acclaimed producer at Atlantic records who worked with artists such as the Mighty Clouds Of Joy, Candi Staton and B.B. King. The 12" extended version was remixed by Flytetyme wingman Steve Hodge, a man who mixed almost everything that came out of Jam & Lewis's Flyte Tyme Studios for 16 years, there's very little Steve Hodge doesn't know about making R&B records work.
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