SOME SPUNK!| FIRST TIME HEARING Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman REACTION

[@StevenW1958]

In my mind, to be 12 years old and in 1971 again. The opening riff, the horns and Betty Wright’s distinctive voice makes this song a classic.

[@pattyduke3079]

Say that twice!

[@ahkiv6127]

I was 12 in 1971 also!

[@williamflinchum-qo6ch]

Me too, the good Ole days

[@sonjaistheone4614]

I was only six years old but knew good music when I heard it! I loved it then and now!

[@Joe-hx7ob]

She was only 17 when she sang this. She sounds like an old worn out soul sister, but she was just 17. She was heavily sampled by rap artists with this and many other songs.

[@jasonshekelton8676]

Check out Freda Payne’s Band of Gild

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

Now this is what I call funk. Betty Wright's voice is one of the greatest.

[@shyman99]

Just like when I was a kid, I immediately stood up and started groovin' when I heard the opening rifs.

[@alicecobb7763]

Me too. Its Saturday afternoon, 3:25pm here in the southern hemisphere 😂. Thank you both for your reactions to Miss Betty 😂,🌺

[@db-gb5xi]

This was fun. Some more 70s (some early 80s) female r&b songs to check out: Ann peebles - I can’t stand the rain, come to mama; Angela bofill - I try, this time I’ll be sweeter, what I wouldn’t do (for the love of you); Phyllis hyman - you know how to love me, somewhere in my lifetime; Brenda Russell - way back when, so good, so right; Deniece Williams - free; Minnie riperton - inside my love; Marlena shaw - go away little boy; Dorothy moore - misty blue; Candi staton - young hearts run free; Emotions - flowers, don’t ask my neighbors, I don’t wanna lose your love

[@seanswinton6242]

Great list! I would add Denice Williams "It's Gonna To Take A Miracle" as well.

[@AngelaGoodwin-fh6fw]

I second ALL of these!

[@hausf.kartreit1111]

God Bless the Clean up Women of the World✌️🤠🌵💚🏜💚⚘️

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Three guitars here doing their thing.

[@57dogsbody]

Led by Little Beaver.

[@teresita1428]

Tonight is the night by Betty Wright is a classic where you can hear her range and the story she tells while singing the song is classic ❤

[@themajicman745]

Her high register notes is the highest in secular music and you will find out when you react to her live version of "No Pain No Gain" The live version of this song is too awesome where she imitates other soul singers male and females and pulls it off.

[@PlateOshrimp499]

Betty Wright's music director/early mentor was Clarence Reid who was music director for KC and the Sunshine Band as well!

[@jahfree3672]

Clarence Reid = BLOWFLY. Don't reaction to Blowfly. Listen when the kids are sleep.

[@PlateOshrimp499]

Big Blowfly fan here :) @@jahfree3672

[@SpuzzyLargo]

How about some "Band of Gold" by Freda Payne?

[@carolmartin4413]

Oh yes!

[@ajawalker2290]

That's an excellent idea!

[@bm6563]

Yep. Great song and one of the first hits I remember

[@louisb5563]

Her voice sounds like the lead singer of Honey Cone!

[@mrdasbruce]

"Secretary " is the one. its similar to Clean up Woman. but her biggest hit is a slow song called "Tonight's the Night".. fun fact about Betty is she could hit higher notes than Mariah Carey.

[@shyman99]

Biggest hit was not "Tonight's The Night". "Clean Up Woman" was by far the biggest.

[@kimberlyviolaraysor1008]

Wow.

[@brynneholt1990]

They were not higher than Mariah Carey in her prime, but they were up there.

[@JohnnyAcevedo-y3w]

Omg back in the day

[@sharons8702]

Live version of Tonight is the Night

[@debrawessels1458]

NO PAIN NO GAIN!!!! Betty Wright!!

[@sw828]

My parents used to love Betty. I forgot that Mary J Blige sampled this song for "Real Love"! Great song! Miss Betty can hit those high notes too.

[@tonymorais4295]

This is one of the greatest soul songs ever recorded. The guitar rhythms are brilliant.

[@michaelwright131]

amen.... I agree

[@txtm999]

Have reacted to any songs from The Honey Cones? They were out about the same time as this song. Want Ads, One Monkey Don't Stop no Show, Stick Up were great songs early 70's.

[@padimae1]

Look into her live video, No Pain, No Gain. I think you'll enjoy it. Betty's octave range was off the charts!

[@davidrutiezer5239]

Yes! Please react to her live version of No Pain No Gain!

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Great song and reaction. Maybe try Ann Peebles “Tear Your Playhouse Down”.

[@richshaw408]

for an international take on female friday you should checkout irish imelda may ,new zealander gin wigmore and austrian monalisa twins

[@DonH-o7p]

No pain, no gain

[@valerielowe5282]

Try the live version of NO PAIN NO GAIN. Also, AFTER THE PAIN.

[@NickyLF108]

Now as a Brit the words 'spunk' and 'clean up woman' should never be be used in a KZbin music reaction. And thanks to the juvenile in me the mouthful of my morning coffee was choked on and I need to go change my top.... but it did put a smile on my face 😂

[@davidbarnes1113]

I been waiting for this one!!! 😂 y’all should do “Mr Big Stuff” also 😂 my mom played the grooves off those records.

[@LMmccallL57]

@davidbarnes1113 They reacted to "Mr. Big Stuff" about a year ago. 🙂

[@johnmcfadden1416]

Cheers for that. Betty Wright's track is right up there as one of the most soulful of all time. Wright on.

[@monkmchorning]

Old man here getting such a big kick out of you two groovin' to R&B from before you were born. This music just reaches out and across.

[@subwaygoddess1]

Ooohh, I remember dancing to this in the clubs back in the day. Amber, you should check out "Runaway Love" by Linda Clifford on a female Friday. It is another club song from the 70s

[@robertschiavone5159]

Classic 70's soul😅

[@stevedailey2029]

The guitar player was Willie Hale aka “little beaver” . His tune “Party Down” is a major classic instrumental . Miss it at your own peril

[@fmtalks1386]

Jammmm‼️

[@stevendunlap503]

You need to check out her song, "To night is the night"

[@pushpak]

Happy Birthday Betty: December 21, 1953 and RIP

[@ddgardner5671]

If I'm not mistaken, she was still a teenager when she recorded this. The guitar part of this record has been sampled a lot over the years.

[@caseymcclinton9548]

Sweet 16!

[@pamelawertz498]

My Female Friday request is a disco dance floor anthem - Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way. Went to #1 in April 1977. It really is one of the best disco songs. I promise it will have Jay wanting to go out onto the dance floor.

[@hollyluyah]

Betty Wright is a treasure. Check out No Pain, No Gain and After the Pain. You won't be disappointed!!

[@Star_R666]

Back then there were a ton of songs about cheating and usually from the cheater/mistress perspective.

[@MacDaddyBanks]

Another great Skating Rink song...

[@misterdoe]

She was all of 17 years old in 1971 when she sang this! Classic. She told me off on Facebook not long ago but i still love her music. And as I told people, I'm not convinced that I was wrong but I know for a fact that she was Wright. 😆 She helped introduce the world to Joss Stone.

[@Emmenem68]

Another vote for "Tonight Is The Night", but it has to be the live version.

[@proverbs31university]

Respectfully yall seemed to miss the point of the song it's about a woman not doing what she needs to do in a relationship with a man and making it easy for another women (the clean up woman) to take her man from right under her nose. Check out her song no pain no gain it's such a great song and message.

[@daviddavison3970]

Eydie Gorme's Blame it on the Bossa Nova is a fantastic song

[@Spiklething]

Everyone in the UK sniggering about the video title 😂. The fact that it also says Clean up woman just makes it even more hilarious 😉

[@heathergibson2108]

Yep...

[@doctorj6030]

I was a senior in high school when this song came out in 1971, loved it then, love it now, very soulful, can't help but sing to it.

[@channelthree9424]

Lawd lawd lawd!! Of all the reaction channels I listen to, no one has ever reacted to this song that I know of. I have always loved this song. Another female Friday song you should react to is women’s love rights by Laura Lee.

[@debrawessels1458]

After the Pain!! Bety Wright!!!

[@jamesrowe3606]

I used to record UK dj John Peel's late night radio shows on the BBC, because he played such good diverse music that you never heard on other shows. I played the tape of this track in my car for a week before I went hunting the record to add to my collection. It's just perfect. Well chosen Amber!

[@williamcarr7347]

I grew up in Miami, and saw her perform this live. They played this on the radio down here alot.

[@reshaud81]

She's Got Papers For Me next please by Richard "Dimples" Fields ft Betty Wright!

[@kurtadams3021]

The LEGENDARY Ms Betty Wright ❤❤❤❤❤

[@stephaniejones4749]

I remember when this song came out in 1972 it was a jam and it was kind of fun and funny once you really knew what she was singing about. Good choice 👍🏾👍🏾. I knew a couple of cleanup women LoL

[@samuelpajoa215]

Great reactions!. You should react to the 70s, Honey Cone. "Want Ads," "Stick-up!, ect... Beyoncé of the 70s.

[@patrickyoung7685]

Yes! HELL YEAH! A tremendous vocalist, songwriter and producer. She also ran a children's choir down in her hometown of MIAMI, FL. Did you know, she was the absolute favorite female singer of the QUEEN OF SOUL, ARETHA FRANKLIN? And the she mentored countless female artists such as JOSS STONE and many others. One of things I like about real musicians is they know what the fans think they know. Real musicians really know who's about that life with the talent to back it up, and MS. B( As she was affectionately known!) could definitely bring it! You should also check out her, "NO PAIN, NO GAIN" and " TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!" As well as a new artist suggestion for your FEMALE FRIDAY! I suggest, THE QUEEN OF THE BLUES, MS. KOKO TAYLOR and her 1960's hit song, "WANG DANG DOODLE?" Great video! Great Reaction! We love and miss you, MS. B! R.I.P!

[@NicholasSarsby]

In her later years, she still had the voice and soul. Great song choice.

[@ronbloom728]

Betty Wright was a voice coach for many artists!!

[@bm6563]

My sister used to play this incessantly during the 70s when I was a sub-teen. I got fed up of it in the end

[@lortiz3570]

The music for 'Clean Up Woman' has been sampled in a number of classic Hip Hop records!

[@Keedeeg]

She was a good friend of my ex-b/f. I always loved this song! You did a brilliant job with song choices this week, Amber!

[@bridgettedenise]

Clean up woman is the modern day side chick

[@LMmccallL57]

I love this one. My mom and other women in the family blasted this one, plus her songs... "No Pain" "Tonight Is the Night" (this one was a huge hit, and people loved seeing/hearing her perform it live.🙂)

[@carolmartin4413]

Wow...50+years old snd we're still dancing to this cool tune! Tonight is the Night was another great by Betty Wright....lost a good funky singer when she passed.👍

[@jimcomvideos]

It's amazing to me that J, Amber and about a billion other people living today, have apparently never heard this classic song, as well as many other classic songs. Great reaction as always.

[@BigBull45]

Betty Wright had great soul music in the 70's with songs such as Clean Up Woman and Tonight Is The Night. Betty made a comeback in the mid 80's with two songs that were both parts of a story about love and pain. She showed off her dynamic vocal range in both songs, and her high notes are comparable to none, not even Mariah Carey. The first song was titled No Pain, No Gain. The second song was titled After The Pain. There is a video on KZbin titled Betty Wright - Pain & After The Pain Live, and it is 24:38 in length. The video was made at one of Betty's live concert performances in 1992. This video is Betty doing an extra extended live version of After The Pain, in which she interacts with audience members and showcases her musicians and background vocalist by giving them each solos. In her words, it was her own musical soap opera. It is a must-see as Betty puts on a clinic in how to do a live performance.

[@malkamusik]

Never heard this song before, but it got me thinking. I'm wondering if this was a main inspiration for Billy Joel's Keeping the Faith. That groove is just so similar.

[@darrylmilling2747]

Betty Wright was a vocal beast.Bettty Wright music always taught us a lesson and gave us a Blessing Please check out the live version of Tonight Is The Night and also her soul classic No Pain No Gain

[@michaelp.7893]

I've always loved this song. Brings me right back to the Golden Age of Soul. A+

[@kimcutts6153]

I loved this song choice. I have never heard it before. It can't have made it across the pond, WHY? Its fabulous. ❤🎶🎼🎙️

[@mildredpierce4506]

How did I miss this? Even as a kid, I loved this song.

[@horacerobinson7149]

Thanks for this early 70's basement party classic Jay and Amber 😊. Continue to R.I.P Miss Betty Wright ❤.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, you'll like her "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" !!!

[@RayGalindo]

I watch you guys everyday. It's the first place I go when I get up and the first thing I do when I get home from work. Keep up the good work!

[@davidruvalcaba6740]

Any child of the 70's knows Ms. Wright. The guitar on this jam just makes you want to groove . A lot of adult and social themes in the music of the 70's. Of course you'll get plenty of requests for "Tonight's the Night". Let me just add my vote to the list.

[@tinaanderson6185]

WOW ! This is the VERY FIRST Album I bought with my hard earned babysitting money! It was 100% worth every penny! Love hearing a song that brings back so many GREAT memories! GOD Bless your wonderful family!

[@craigarandolph]

Check out Tonight is the Night , it’s another one of her songs a bonafide classic

[@todtiger]

Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman (Jools Annual Hootenanny 2012) Amazing live.

[@Mark-d6o]

That's the Memphis groove.

[@fmtalks1386]

"No Pain, No Gain" is a great Betty Wright track!

[@philburton2223]

No Amber you would NEVER be the clean up woman & you know better than to put your good man Jay down.😅 I am 53 & never heard of the clean up woman until my auntie described a neighbor a few years ago as a clean up woman 😳

[@101scetch]

Now this is my type of music. It’s really funky. I was listening to it and dancing. Haven’t heard this in years. Thank you so much for playing it.

[@bryanforis1839]

One of the biggest women singers and on one best record label Atlantic records the song she had allhits

[@coolies2002]

Stevie Wonder “someday at Christmas” my favorite Christmas song!

[@Musicvegan01]

Check out the song by Richard "Dimples" Fields called "She's Got Papers On Me". Betty Wright is at the end of the track, and it also had answer songs by other singers like Barbara Mason & Shirley Brown. Betty Wright, Michael Jackson, & 2 members of The O'Jays (Walter Williams, Eddie Levert) sing background on Stevie Wonder's "All I Do" from 1980. Stevie wrote it, but it was originally released by Tammi Terrell in the 1960s.

[@maxr4448]

I was 13 years old, when I heard this I love it.

[@matzrat5006]

Kinda Jazzy and rocking at the same time. Betty Wright, you sure could sing girl.

[@crazyinabilene466]

This song was sung in the play 'Madea goes to jail'.

[@AutomanicJack]

this song never gets old

[@jahfree3672]

The Miami Sound! She paved the way for the great TK Records disco hits.

[@Marina-pe1gx]

You know whivh group you will LOVE? Pink Martini. Start with "And then you're gone" and its sequel song "But now I'm back". I promise you, you'll ❤them.

[@richardkint6531]

Funky Betty Wright! Need to checkout her disco song with Peter Brown "Dance With Me". She had a local TV talk show in Miami for a few years. This song reminded me of an all-female R & B group that was big then called The Honey Cone. Checkout "Stick Up" , "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" or "Want Ads" Thanks. 😎

[@650Max]

You might want to reconsider your thumbnail for this, to anyone outside the US it sounds like she's wielding a mop & bucket on the set of an adult movie.

[@ourbayan1733]

Another OUTFIELD song for you to listen to call ‘Since you been gone’….. another great.

[@jdw5678]

Funky and sassy! Betty Wright had it going on in the early '70s. Another song by Betty about a trouble-maker is "Baby Sitter." And another sassy soulful '70s woman to check out is Millie Jackson. A great place to start with her is "My Man, a Sweet Man."

[@leonardsmith703]

Lady,if you don't want your man to leave start cleanin' up

[@Yowza78]

Have you guys ever reacted to Sharon Jones and the Dap Tones? Sharon's vocals are muscular, bluesy and powerful. Her band backed up Amy Winehouse on her biggest hits. I like "100 Days, 100 Nights," but you can't go wrong with anything by her. Sadly she passed away from cancer a few years ago, but she produced great music until her final.day on Earth.

[@jimcomvideos]

This is a classic! I don't know where or how, but I've heard it a million times. Just a great song so well done musically. Love it.

[@alvillanueva2525]

Good song, warped record. "Fire" - Mothers Finest.

[@poppingjaz]

This is Miami Soul. Miami / So Florida had some nice R&B and Soul coming out of that area that a lot of people don't know about. This track and others were written by Clarence Reid. Reid went on to become notorious for his alter ego X-rated stage act 'Blowfly' Betty was about 18 when she dropped this hit.

[@rosemarywatson1231]

This is an R&B classic! We were on the dance floor doing The Break Down!

[@Wordsmyth8]

I’ve loved this since I was a kid.

[@josephadiaz8343]

Yes thank you two for playing Ms Betty Wright, one of my favorites ♥️🙏✝️