Esther Phillips ~ The Shadow of Your Smile ~

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Esther Phillips,Dec 23, 1935 – Aug 7, 1984 an American singer. Phillips was known for her R&B vocals,but she was a versatile singer, also performing pop, country, jazz, blues and soul music. Phillips'at age fourteen, she won the amateur talent contest in 1949 at the Barrelhouse Club owned by Johnny Otis. Otis was so impressed that he recorded her for Modern Records and added her to his traveling revue, the California Rhythm and Blues Caravan, billed as 'Little Esther Phillips'