Chris Clark(2)

:(This page is about the American soul singer. For the British electronic artist of the same name, see Chris Clark).
Christine Elizabeth Clark (born February 1, 1946), better known as Chris Clark, is an American soul, jazz, and blues singer, who recorded for Motown Records. Clark became known to Northern Soul fans for hit songs such as 1965's "Do Right Baby Do Right" (by Berry Gordy) and 1966's "Love's Gone Bad" (Holland-Dozier-Holland). She later co-wrote the screenplay for the 1972 motion picture Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross, which earned Clark an Academy Award nomination.
== Links to Peel ==
Chris Clark was one of the few white singers to record for Motown, so was a typical booking in the early months of Top Gear, when each week included one or more sessions by soul artists. The NME of December 2, 1967, confirms ("Chart Who's Who In Radio 1 Shows") that she had been booked for this show; an ad from EMI in Record Mirror of 9 December 1967 (p.3) welcomes her (and Gladys Knight and the Pips) to Britain and also mentions a new single by her. The gig listings in Melody Maker of 25 November 1967 show both acts appearing at Blaises club in London that week ("Tamla Motown at Blaises")  Chris Clark had no chart hits in the UK, but one of her best known songs, "I Want To Go Back There Again", later became a Northern Soul favourite.
On her session she was backed by the Johnny Watson Concept, who, given Musicians' Union restrictions on US performers visiting Britain, may have been a British band led by the African-American singer John L. Watson, who became resident in Britain during the 1960s. They had also backed Lou Rawls and Maxine Brown on their 1967 Top Gear session, broadcast a few weeks earlier.. Watson later formed the jazz/blues band the Web, who recorded for Deram Records at the start of the 1970s and were praised in the music press, but never did a session for Peel.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded as Chris Clark And the Johnny Watson Concept: 1967-12-01. First Broadcast: 17 December 1967
*Love's Gone Mad / From Head To Toe / Do Right Baby / I Want To Go Back There Again / Gotta Get You Into My Life
==Other Shows Played==
*None
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists