Chris Clark (singer)
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Clark in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christine Elizabeth Clark |
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February 1, 1946 Santa Cruz, California, United States |
| Genres | Soul, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Labels | Motown, V.I.P., Weed |
| Website | www |
Christine Elizabeth "Chris" Clark (born February 1, 1946) is an American soul, jazz, and blues singer, who recorded for Motown Records. Clark became famous in England as the "white negress" (a nickname meant as a compliment), because the six-foot platinum blonde, blue-eyed soul singer toured with fellow Motown artists, who were predominantly black.
Clark was born in Santa Cruz, California. Recording on the Motown V.I.P. label, one of several Motown imprints, Chris Clark is acknowledged by Northern Soul fans for songs such as 1965's "Do Right Baby Do Right" (by Berry Gordy) and 1966's "Love's Gone Bad" (Holland-Dozier-Holland). Another of her notable songs was the 1967 single "I Want To Go Back There Again" (Berry Gordy, Jr).
Clark managed to have only one chart hit. In the US, "Love's Gone Bad" made #105 pop, and #41 R&B in 1966. In Canada, it made it to #95 on the RPM 100. In 1967, Clark released an album called Soul Sounds on the Motown label.
The album featured twelve songs including a rare Motown ballad called "If You Should Walk Away" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) which was slated for release as a single, but was not. She recorded one more album for Motown on its newly created rock label Weed called CC Rides Again (1969). A CD by Belgian label Marginal, "Soul Sounds", made from the original master tapes was issued, but the disc actually contains the songs from both her albums with Motown plus an unreleased single. A 2005 50-track double-CD compilation entitled Chris Clark: The Motown Collection includes Soul Sounds, C.C. Rides Again, and many unreleased Motown recordings. A reissue of the Soul Sounds album was released by the Reel Music label in April 2009, the first time the album was issued on CD in the U.S. Clark co-wrote the screenplay for the 1972 Diana Ross motion picture Lady Sings the Blues, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. She later became an executive for Motown Productions' film and television division in Los Angeles.
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