birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
chicago , illinois , u.s. american 08 january 1938 camille yarbrough
 camille yarbrough
camille yarbrough

camille yarbrough -lrb- born january 8 , 1938 -rrb- is an american musician , actress , poet , activist , television producer , and author .
she is best known for `` take yo ' praise '' , which fatboy slim sampled from in his track `` praise you '' in 1998 .
`` take yo ' praise '' was originally recorded in 1975 for camille yarbrough 's first album `` the iron pot cooker '' , released on vanguard records .
the album was based on the 1971 stage dramatization of yarbrough 's one-woman/spoken word show : `` tales and tunes of an african american griot '' , which she toured nationally during the 1970s and 1980s .
her second album is a spoken word/soul/blues cd that was released in 2003 on her own record label maat music .
entitled `` ancestor house '' , the album was recorded live at joe 's pub in new york city .
