Barbara Acklin
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American singer-songwriter (1943–1998)
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- Works
- 1
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- 20 Greatest Hits Acklin Dahl Barbara
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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 Speci
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Omaha
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- MCA Records
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- date of birth
- 1943-02-28
- date of death
- 1998-11-27
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- pseudonym
- Barbara Allen
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