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Memphis Soul
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1965 If It's Only for Tonight
1968 Memory Blues
1968 Nucleus of Soul
1971 A Nickel & a Nail & Ace of Spades
1973 Memphis Unlimited
1977 Into Something (Can't Shake Loose)
1978 Bottom Line
1978 Pledging My Love
1979 We're Still Together
1991 That's How Strong My Love Is
2003 Listen Now! Live in Japan
O.V. Wright Live
The Wright Stuff [live]
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* Syl Johnson
* Al Green
* Percy Sledge
* Willie Mitchell
* The Highway Q.C.'s
* Otis Redding
* Arthur Conley
* James Carr
* Arthur Alexander
* Curtis Mayfield
* Jerry Butler
* Solomon Burke
* Sam Cooke
* Wilson Pickett
* Booker T. & the MG's
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O.V. Wright's Details
Status:
Single
Body type:
6' 0" / Slim / Slender
Ethnicity:
Black / African descent
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Occupation:
Deep Soul Singer
O.V. Wright is your friend Posted at 1:03 AM Jul 20, 2007 view more
About me: Overton Vertis Wright
October 9, 1939 to November 16, 1980
This is a fan site dedicated to (this fan's ears) the man who was the greatest deep soul singer that has ever blessed song. O.V. to me is also perhaps the most underrated and underexposed singer of all time - surely within his genre. Of course this underrated tag could apply to many (or all) of the Stax - Hi era artists, but O.V. stands out.
The fans of this MySpace seek to expose the amazing music of O.V. to the younger generations of music fans who perhaps have never even heard this music that defines 'passion' in song. Please check out the man's music. And afterward, discover more of the greats line: Otis Redding, Otis Clay, Syl Johnson, Wilson Pickett, James Carr, All Green, Booker T, Sir Mack Rice, Bobby Bland, Solomon Burke, The Staple Singers, Willie Mitchell's artists, all the Memphis Stax/Hi artists, The Memphis Horns, etc. etc. Let your musical discovery begin!
Biography by Bill Dahl courtesy of AMG
A truly incendiary deep soul performer. O. V. Wright's melismatic vocals and Willie Mitchell's vaunted Hi Rhythm Section combined to make classic Memphis soul during the early 70s. Overton Vertis Wright learned his trade on the gospel circuit with the Sunset Travelers before going secular in 1964 with the passionate ballad "That's How Strong My Love Is" for Goldwax in Memphis. Otis Redding liked the song so much that he covered it, killing any chance of Wright's version hitting. Since Wright was already under contract to Houston-based Peacock as a gospel act, owner Don Robey demanded his return, and from then on, Wright appeared on Robey's Backbeat subsidiary. Wright's sanctified sound oozes sweet soul on the spine-chilling "You're Gonna Make Me Cry," a 1965 smash, but it took Memphis producer Willie Mitchell to wring the best consistently from Wright. Utilizing Mitchell's surging house rhythm section, Wright's early-'70s Backbeat singles "Ace of Spades," "A Nickel and a Nail," and "I Can't Take It" rank among the very best Southern soul of their era. No disco bandwagon for O. V. Wright -- he kept right on pouring out his emotions through the '70s, convincing his faithful that "I'd Rather Be (Blind, Crippled & Crazy)" and that he was "Into Something (Can't Shake Loose)." Unfortunately, he apparently was -- drugs have often been cited as causing Wright's downfall; the soul great died at only 41 years of age in 1980.
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Big Mama loves OV....what unique people both Big Mama and OV were....singing about life in their own way and in a way that touches your heart...that's what music is all about...making you feel things...like you have been there...you can feel the pain and the happiness...something that hasn't been around in a long time...music with feelings...thank you for being a friend!
This Friday night on The South Side, I'll be remembering the great O.V. on his birthday with a few of his most electrifying tunes during each hour of the show.
HEY OV, this is DJ Parhams/ the Blues for annie Mae, I got tired of the same ole page I wanted something different. I hope you remember me? How's your wife and kids doing? I hope life is treating you kindly. It's been a while hasn't it?
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