Barbara Acklin recorded "Am I the Same Girl" for Chicago soul label Brunswick Records. Before Acklin's original was released, however, producer Carl Davis removed her voice from the track, replaced it with a piano solo by Floyd Morris, and released it in November 1968 as "Soulful Strut". The instrumental was a major hit, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. "Soulful Strut" remains the most popular version of the song to have charted in the United States. Acklin's version was comparatively unsuccessful after its February 1969 r… read more
Barbara Acklin recorded "Am I the Same Girl" for Chicago soul label Brunswick Records. Before Acklin's original was released, however,… read more
Barbara Acklin recorded "Am I the Same Girl" for Chicago soul label Brunswick Records. Before Acklin's original was released, however, producer Carl Davis removed her voic… read more
Barbara Acklin (28 February 1943, Oakland, California — 27 November 1998, Nebraska) was a soul singer of the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit was "Love Makes a Woman" in 1968 which reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. As a teenager, she began singing in nightclubs while attending Dunbar Vocational High school. Upon graduation, she was hired as a secretary for local record label by her cousin, saxophonist Monk Higgins. Her first release was under the name Barbara Allen on his Special Agent label. Later, Higgins used Acklin as a background singer on his Chess R… read more
Barbara Acklin (28 February 1943, Oakland, California — 27 November 1998, Nebraska) was a soul singer of the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit was "Love Makes a Woman" in 1968 whic… read more
Barbara Acklin (28 February 1943, Oakland, California — 27 November 1998, Nebraska) was a soul singer of the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit was "Love Makes a Woman" in 1968 which reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 … read more