Shirley Brown. Woman to Woman. Eight minutes and eighteen seconds of a woman picking up the phone and telling another woman exactly who she's dealing with. 'Hello, Barbara. This is Shirley.' It's not a song -- it's a one-act play set to a slow-burning Stax groove. Nominated for a Grammy. Covered by everyone from Barbara Mandrell to James Brown. But Shirley's original is the one. Because she wasn't performing it -- she was living it.
Played With
Stax RecordsAlbert King
Essential Listening
1Woman to Woman - - an eight-minute phone call that became a soul classic. Stax.