Sad to hear about the death of Inez Foxx. She was one half of a duo with her brother Charlie. They who wrote and sang the big hit Mockingbird.
The duo signed to the US Sue label. They released the the tune in the summer of 1963 & it became a million seller in the US, hitting top ten in both the R’n’B & pop charts.
Mockingbird was popular in the UK clubs but didn’t chart in the UK until 1969. They did produce a number of fine tunes throughout the 60s. Tunes such as Tightrope & Hurt by love. Some were released just under Inez’s name
The duo split up with Inez releasing a solo album & some singles in the early 70s on Stax’s Volt label.
Inez was a fine singer and performer. A glamorous looking woman. Inez & Charlie were regular visitors to the UK, putting on a good show wherever they performed. The were like a more glamorous Ike & Tina Turner.
Mockingbird was recorded by a number artists such Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield & was a massive hit for Carly Simon & James Taylor.
Mockingbird on the UK Sue label was one of those records I enjoyed listening to when I was young.
That’s a damn shame. Robbed of a real talent. The only thing of hers I ever read was ‘Fludd’, which impressed me enormously at the time, but inexplicably I never read another thing by her - which is unusual, if I like an author I usually obsessively read everything they write - and is something I must, belatedly, put right…
I’ve only just recently got to the end of the Wolf Hall trilogy. Such incredible books - I’ve rarely been so captivated by anything. Her ability to create a real sense of a time and place, and the people in it, were truly masterful. I’ve only been aware of her for a year or so, but considering the effect the books have had on me, I really feel that we’ve lost someone special there. Very sad indeed.
Read the Wolf Hall trilogy and then go and take a walk around Hampton Court Palace. That’ll make the hairs stand on your neck. Did for me. Almost like time-travel, or being in the presence of ghosts, or some such.