Linda Perry (4)

Linda Perry started off singing Southern Soul. By 1973, Linda had signed to Mainstream Records. She features three times on Mainstream Modern Soul 1969-1976. Her first contribution is I Cant Give You Up, the first of two previously unreleased tracks. It was penned by Rose Marie McCoy and Linda Miller, and features a defiant vocal powerhouse from Linda. Soulful and funky, it seems a missed opportunity that Why I Cant Give You Up wasn’t released as a single. The same can be said of Aint Nobody Gonna Make Me (Turn My Back On My Baby). It’s another unreleased track, that was penned by Rose Marie McCoy and Linda Miller with Bobby Williams. Again, Linda’s vocal is mixture of defiance, power, emotion and soulfulness. Linda’s third and final contribution is It’s All In The Back Of Me Now. Rose Marie McCoy and Linda Miller cowrote the song with Linda, and in 1974, was the flip-side to the single It’s All In The Back Of Me Now. This was the followup to I Need Somebody, which gave Linda a minor R&B hit, when it reached fifty-four in the US R&B charts. Stylistically, Everyone Has Someone is very different. Uptempo, joyous and dance-floor friendly it’s a three minutes of musical magic.