Marva Whitney

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What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You 02:26 Tools
Unwind Yourself 02:32 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) 02:52 Tools
Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) 03:03 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late) 02:28 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You - Single Version 02:26 Tools
It's My Thing 00:00 Tools
What Kind of Man 02:13 Tools
Get Out of My Life 02:59 Tools
If You Love Me 02:53 Tools
Unwind yourself - remix 02:50 Tools
Daddy Don't Know About Sugar Bear 02:35 Tools
I'll Work It Out 02:58 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You, Part 1 & 2 04:52 Tools
This Girl's In Love With You 02:53 Tools
He's The One 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt 1) 00:00 Tools
Nothing I'd Rather Be (Than Your Weakness) 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better 03:02 Tools
I Made A Mistake (Because It's Only You) (Part 1) 04:52 Tools
In the Middle 02:47 Tools
I Made A Mistake (Because It's Only You) (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt 2) 00:00 Tools
Sunny (Duet With James Brown) 03:16 Tools
I Am What I Am (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Shades Of Brown 00:00 Tools
you got to have a job 03:35 Tools
Saving My Love For My Baby 00:00 Tools
Unwind Yourself (Remix) 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat) 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired 00:00 Tools
In The Middle (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
We Sing Soul 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tiered (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late) 00:00 Tools
It's Her Thing 00:00 Tools
Shades Of Brown (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) [Live] 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt. 1) 00:00 Tools
He's Mine 00:00 Tools
With Fun In My Life 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am (Part 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work You Can't Eat) 00:00 Tools
Peace In The Valley 00:00 Tools
Every Little Bit Hurts 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Don't Eat) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt. 2) 00:00 Tools
Its My Thing 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work-You Don't Eat) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To) (Live) 00:00 Tools
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
01 It's My Thing (Pt 1) 00:00 Tools
Soulsisters (of The World Tonight) 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You, Pts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) - Remix 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To),Pts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Sunny (with James Brown) 00:00 Tools
(let A Sister Come In And) Wrapp Things Up 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better (Get Together)(Remix With Lyn Collins & James Brown)(Remix By Salaam Remi) 00:00 Tools
I've Lived the Life 00:00 Tools
Soulsisters (Of The World Unite) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Respect 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You, Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Do Your Thing 00:00 Tools
Unwind Yourself - Extended Edit 00:00 Tools
Giving Up on Love 00:00 Tools
Am What I Am 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am 00:00 Tools
Sunny 00:00 Tools
what do i have to do to prove 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To), Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
08 You Got To Have a Job (If You Don't Work, You Don't Eat) 00:00 Tools
Don't Let Our Love Fade Away 00:00 Tools
02 It's My Thing (Pt 2) 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You 00:00 Tools
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing - Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
i am what i am (parts 1 and 2) 00:00 Tools
18 Sunny (Duet with James Brown) 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) ft. Lyn Collins & James Brown 00:00 Tools
Think 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing - Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Ball Of Fire 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do 00:00 Tools
It’s My Thing 00:00 Tools
(LET A Sister Come IN AND) Wrapp Things UP (Part 3) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thang 00:00 Tools
We Need More 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To), Pts. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
I AM What I AM (Parts 1&2) 00:00 Tools
Thin Gs Got To Get Better (Salaam Remi Remix) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (With James Brown) 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am, Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
it's my thing (1969) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Wrap Things Up 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (1969) 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You - Pt. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To), Pts. 1-2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing, Part 1 00:00 Tools
In The Middle (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Soul Sisters Of The World Unite 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's only You, Parts 1 and 2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) (Remix with Lyn Collins & James Brown) 00:00 Tools
Here I Am 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am(pt.1&2) 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You, Pts. 1 and 2 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You, Pts. 1-2 00:00 Tools
Your Love Was Good For Me 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat) [feat. James Brown] 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) [remix] 00:00 Tools
Unwind Yourself (Extended Edit) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To), (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am, Pts. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing, Part 2 00:00 Tools
This Girl's In Love With You (King) 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Girl's In Love 00:00 Tools
Get Together 00:00 Tools
It's Your Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) (Parts 1&2) 00:00 Tools
This Girls In Love With You 00:00 Tools
Sunny (feat. James Brown) 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Prove My Love To You 00:00 Tools
Foolish Fool 00:00 Tools
Sunny [feat. James Brown] 00:00 Tools
He’s the One 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's ...) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To) (pt. I & II) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Jim Sharp Edit) 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To Prov.. 00:00 Tools
Numa Numa 00:00 Tools
Things Got to Get Better (Get Together) (Remix) 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You (pt. I & II) 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You, Part 2 00:00 Tools
(Let a Sister Come in And) Wrapp Things Up, Pt. 3 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You, Part 1 2 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tiered 00:00 Tools
Unwind Yourself: The Interlude 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) (Parts 1&2) 00:00 Tools
Give it up, or Turn it Loose(pt.1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You, Part 1 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm ... 00:00 Tools
Soul Sisters(the World of, Unite) 00:00 Tools
Only You 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (If You 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job(If You Don't Work, You Don't Eat) 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work You Can't Eat) [feat. James Brown] 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake (Because It's Only You) (Parts 1&2) 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired(Things Better Change Before It's Too Late) 00:00 Tools
Give It Up or Turnit a Loose, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired... 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do? 00:00 Tools
"Unwind Yourself" 00:00 Tools
Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose (Part 1&2) 00:00 Tools
+It's My Thing 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt. 2) ['Bring the Noise'] 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better(Get Together) 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You(Parts 1&2) 00:00 Tools
It's Your Thing 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing ['Mister Cee's Master Plan'] 00:00 Tools
Its My Thing (You Cant Tell Me Who To Sock It To) 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You (Pts. 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tier 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because ... 00:00 Tools
Daddy Don't Know About Sugar 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing(You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) 00:00 Tools
IT'S MY THING [YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHO TO SOCK IT TO] 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) - Remix With Lyn Collins & James Brown 00:00 Tools
Its her thing 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To Prove My 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To ... 00:00 Tools
I made a mistake (because it's only you) part 1&2 00:00 Tools
Tit For Tat 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake (because Its Only You) 00:00 Tools
It's my Thing.Rare Live 1969 Filmed TV Performance 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt. 1) ['Bring the Noise'] 00:00 Tools
Give It Up or Turn It Loose (Part 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt 1) (Bring The Noise-PE) 00:00 Tools
Live And Let Live 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me To Suck It To) 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have Job (If You Don't Work-You Don't Eat) 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (ft. James Brown) 00:00 Tools
It’s My Thing (You Can’t Tell Me Who to Sock It To) 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do T Prove My Love To You 00:00 Tools
In the Middle(geoffrey Pheasant Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am - Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work - You Don't Eat) 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too L 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better - part 1&2 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired I'm Tired I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Lat 00:00 Tools
Marva Whitney - It's My Thing 00:00 Tools
Unwind Yourself.wmv 00:00 Tools
Let a Sister Come In And Wrapp Things Up 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing, Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
You Got To Have A Job (If ... 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You, Pts. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
live and lowdown at the apollo_b 00:00 Tools
Marva Whitney- Unwind Yourself 00:00 Tools
I am what I am pts 1and2 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am (Parts 1 2) 00:00 Tools
Think - 1967/Live At The Apollo 00:00 Tools
Unwind Yourself [Remix] 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Foolish 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt. 1) ['It's My Thing'] 00:00 Tools
A talk with James Brown - featuring James Brown 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake / 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt. 1) ['Fuck tha Police'] 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You - Marva Whitney 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) Pts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't ... 00:00 Tools
Ball of Fire [King] 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt. 2) ['It's My Thing'] 00:00 Tools
live and lowdown at the apollo_a 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt 1) ['War Games'] 00:00 Tools
It‘s My Thing (with TV intro) 00:00 Tools
a talk with james brown / you got to have a job (live) 00:00 Tools
This Is My Quest 00:00 Tools
From The Love Side 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love 00:00 Tools
Unwind Yourself (Copycat's Retake) 00:00 Tools
What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Lov 00:00 Tools
sunny feat. james brown 00:00 Tools
Marva Whitney - Things Got to Get Better 00:00 Tools
I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You, Pts. 00:00 Tools
Give It Up or Turn It a Loose 00:00 Tools
It S My Thing (pt. 1) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To),Pts 1 & 2 - Marva Whitney 00:00 Tools
Marva Whitney Its My Thing 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired I'm Tired I'm Tired (Th 00:00 Tools
don't know 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Pt. 2) ['Fuck tha Police'] 00:00 Tools
It`s My Thing 00:00 Tools
+Unwind Yourself 00:00 Tools
I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (things Better Change Before It's Too Late) [1968] 00:00 Tools
SOULSISTERS 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Onl 00:00 Tools
07. I Am What I Am (parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To), Pts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You Pts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Don't let her love fade away 00:00 Tools
Here I Am [#] 00:00 Tools
You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work You Don't Eat) 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am ( Parts 1 & 2 ) 00:00 Tools
Things Got To Get Better, Pts. 1 & 2 (Live) 00:00 Tools
18 Sunny (Duet with James Brow 00:00 Tools
I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You (Parts 1 + 2) 00:00 Tools
What Do Ihave To Do To Prove My Love To You 00:00 Tools
Do Your Thing [#] 00:00 Tools
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Marva Whitney (born Marva Ann Manning in Kansas City, Kansas on May 1, 1944 - December 22, 2012) was an American soul/funk singer. She is considered by many funk enthusiasts to be one of the "rawest" and "brassiest" music divas. Whitney's performing career started as early as three years old while touring with her family's gospel group, the Manning Gospel Singers. Singing with James Brown in the late 1960s, she was able to make a name for herself with powerful songs like "I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late)" and "If You Don't Work (You Can't Eat)." Her recording of "It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To)" reached the R&B Top 20. Her song "Unwind Yourself" has been sampled by numerous modern artists, including DJ Kool. Although she's not a household name, Marva Whitney is fondly remembered by funk devotees as one of the rawest, brassiest, most powerful divas the music ever produced. Along with fellow funk belters Lyn Collins and Vicki Anderson, Whitney made her name singing with the James Brown Revue for a few years, and her limited, much-sampled recordings for Brown-associated labels now fetch astronomical sums on the collector's market. Born in Kansas City, Whitney began performing at the age of three with her family's touring gospel group, the Manning Gospel Singers. She studied music in college and caught on as lead singer of the R&B group Tommy Gadson & the Derbys. In 1967, she signed on with the James Brown Revue as a featured female vocalist, meaning that she would perform her own small set every night while Brown took a break. Whitney accompanied Brown on his late-'60s tour of Vietnam, and made other international appearances with him as well. In 1969, Whitney made her first solo recordings for King, Brown's label at the time. She scored a Top 20 hit on the R&B charts with "It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To)," a rewrite of the Isley Brothers hit; the follow-up, "Things Got to Get Better (Get Together)," just missed the R&B Top 20. Far too gutsy and funky to cross over to the pop charts, Whitney remained with the Revue until 1970, without scoring any more significant hits on her own. Still, cuts like "Unwind Yourself" (now very recognizable through several hip-hop samples) and the duet "You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work)" helped cement her reputation among record collectors. Her only studio LP, It's My Thing, was released in 1969 and has been heavily bootlegged and sampled by numerous DJs; her Live and Lowdown at the Apollo LP also commands hefty price tags. Whitney went on to record for the Isley Brothers' T-Neck label, as well as Nashboro, but her prime material is from the James Brown years. Seven of those tracks were compiled on the Polydor collection James Brown's Original Funky Divas. Whitney has reunited sporadically with Brown for live performances over the years. In December 2009, Whitney collapsed on stage in front of thousands of fans in Lorne, Australia, while performing with The Transatlantics at Falls Festival. She was immediately rushed to Geelong Hospital, where doctors diagnosed a stroke. The remaining dates of her tour had to be canceled, but Whitney made a recovery and performed again in 2010. In December 2012, Whitney died from complications of pneumonia at her home. She was 68. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.