Tina britt biography
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Tina britt biography
Tina Britt facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Tina Britt | |
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| Birth name | Marion L. Brittingham |
| Born | (1938-07-05) July 5, 1938 (age 86) Smyrna, Delaware, U.S. |
| Genres | R&B, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1959–1970, 2012 |
| Labels | Eastern, Veep, Minit |
| Associated acts | Juggy Murray |
Tina Britt (born Marion Brittingham; July 5, 1938) is an American R&B singer who had two hits on the Billboard R&B chart in the 1960s.
She released one album Blue All The Way, and six 45s between 1965 and 1970.
Life and career
Tina Britt was born in Smyrna, Delaware, and raised in Florida and Philadelphia. She had a peripatetic life travelling with her father, and started singing as a teenager at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford, Florida.
While working in New York in 1965 she was introduced to Henry 'Juggy' Murray who offered her the chance to record secular rhythm and blues for the Eastern record label, a subsidiary of the Su