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| The Ultimate Destination for Soul Music |
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| LINDA CLIFFORD |
Soul - disco - house singer
Born on 14.06.1948 in Brooklyn, New York.
Former Miss New York State.
She started as a jazz singer and actress but soon moved to soul.
After some singles at [l=Paramount Records, she was signed at [l=Curtom.
She released 9 albums between 1977 - 1985, among them a whole duet album with her producer Curtis Mayfield.
Her breakthrough single was her cover version on he 1966 Broadway tune "If My Frinds Coulld See Me now", a hit for Shirley MacLaine in the late 60's.
Other highlights from her career include the one-vinyl side long cover version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water", her cover of Rod Stewart's "Tonight's The Night", "Runaway Love", "Red Light" (from the "Fame" soundtrack), "Shoot Your Best Shot" "Don't Come Crying To Me" and the original 1982 version of "All The Man That I Need", a hit later for Sister Sledge, Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.
She is considered a legendary diva by the newer house music generation and she is often a guest at modern house records like Ralphi Rosario's "Wanna Give It Up" and Akabu's "Ride The Storm".
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| Linda Clifford 2011 SoulMusic.com Interview |
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Phone interview conducted July 22, 2011
During the 1970s, disco was king and every female recording artist was vying to be its queen. With hits like “If My Friends Could See Me Now”, “Red Light”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Runaway Love”, Linda Clifford’s name was at the top of that long list. However, disco was only a part of her story.
In a conversation that revisits some of the highs and the lows of her career, Linda shares how she went from child star, beauty queen and jazz st... |
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| Linda Clifford 2003 Interview |
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While Donna Summer has been acknowledged as one of the ‘queens of disco,’ the ‘70s also brought to prominence a slew of great performers who achieved ... |
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