Marva Whitney
Sign in to saveAmerican singer (1944–2012)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944-05-01
- Active to
- 2012-12-22
funksoul
Discography
- Your Love Was Good For Me / Saving My Love For My Baby1967
- What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You / Your Love Was Good For Me1968
- It's My Thing1969
- Live And Lowdown At The Apollo1969
- I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You1969
- This Is My Quest1970
- Live And Let Live / Don't Let Our Love Fade Away1972
- It's My Thing / The Message From The Soul Sisters1989
- I Am What I Am2007
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- 87,372
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- 436,257
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Marva Whitney (born Marva Ann Manning in Kansas City, Kansas on May 1, 1944 - December 22, 2012) was an American soul/funk singer. She is considered by many funk enthusiasts to be one of the "rawest" and "brassiest" music divas. Whitney's performing career started as early as three years old while touring with her family's gospel group, the Manning Gospel Singers. Singing with James Brown in the late 1960s, she was able to make a name for herself with powerful songs like "I'm Tired <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kansas City
- Place of death
- Kansas City
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- King
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- date of birth
- 1944-05-01
- date of death
- 2012-12-22
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
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