Am I the Same Girl is a song originally recorded in 1968 by Barbara Acklin and released in Feb 1969. Eugene Record, lead vocalist of The Chi-Lites, had written this song for his wife, Acklin, who recorded it in 1968. But her record company, Brunswick Records Inc removed her vocal track from the record, replaced it with a piano solo by Floyd Morris, and released it as Soulful Strut, crediting it to Young-Holt Unlimited (though neither Eldee Young nor Red Holt was believed to have played on the track, which rather is the work of session players identified only as the Brunswick Studi… read more
Am I the Same Girl is a song originally recorded in 1968 by Barbara Acklin and released in Feb 1969. Eugene Record, lead vocalist of The Chi-Lites, had written this song for his wife, … 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