Lyn Collins

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Aliases: Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher)
Real name: Gloria Laverne Collins
Born: June 12, 1948
Died: March 13, 2005
Country: United States
IPI: 00138592352 1 work
00538828119 1 work
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Soul singer. A protégé of James Brown and part of the James Brown Revue in the 1970s. Brown named her "The Female Preacher".

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		I'll Never Let You Break My Heart Again	Lyn Collins	November 1972	Sweet Charles
		Mama Feelgood	Lyn Collins	February 1973	Martha High & Speedometer Sampled by (5 artists)
		Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again (6 Times)	Lyn Collins	1974	The Human League
		Think (About It)	Lyn Collins	May 5, 1972	(6 artists) Sampled by (14 artists)

Covers by Lyn Collins

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		A Foggy Day	Lyn Collins	November 1975	Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
		Ain't No Sunshine	Lyn Collins	May 5, 1972	Bill Withers
		Backstabbers	Lyn Collins	November 1975	O'Jays
		Don't Make Me Over	Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher)	January 1974	Dionne Warwick
		Do Your Thing	Lyn Collins	1988	Isaac Hayes
		Fly Me to the Moon	Lyn Collins	September 1972	Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
		Give It Up or Turnit a Loose	Lyn Collins	April 1974	James Brown
		Mr. Big Stuff	Lyn Collins	1974	Jean Knight
		Never Gonna Give You Up	Lyn Collins	September 1972	Jerry Butler
		Reach Out for Me	Lyn Collins	September 1972	Lou Johnson
		What the World Needs Now Is Love	Lyn Collins	April 1974	Jackie deShannon
		Wide Awake in a Dream	Lyn Collins	1974	Jerry Jackson

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Mama Feelgood	Lyn Collins	February 1973	Covered by Martha High & Speedometer Sampled by (5 artists)
		Think (About It)	Lyn Collins	May 5, 1972	Covered by (6 artists) Sampled by (14 artists)
		You Can't Love Me If You Don't Respect Me	Lyn Collins	November 1975	Sampled by (2 artists)

Songs written by Lyn Collins

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Mama Feelgood	James Brown, Lyn Collins	Lyn Collins	February 1973	Covered by Martha High & Speedometer
You Can't Love Me If You Don't Respect Me	James Brown, Lyn Collins	Lyn Collins	November 1975

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me by Now	Lyn Collins	November 1975	People [US2]
	Think (About It)	Lyn Collins	September 1972	People [US2]

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Don't Make Me Over	Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher)	January 1974	People [US2]
	Give It Up or Turnit a Loose	Lyn Collins	April 1974	People [US2]
	Mama Feelgood	Lyn Collins	March 1973	People [US2]
	Me and My Baby Got a Good Thing Going	Lyn Collins	November 1972	People [US2]
	Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again (6 Times)	Lyn Collins	1974	People [US2]
	Think (About It)	Lyn Collins	May 5, 1972	People [US2]

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Black Caesar	James Brown	February 1973	Polydor
	James Brown's Funky People (Part 2)	various artists	1988	Polydor

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#45088	Limbabwe	2013-06-19 20:14:51 UTC	processed	2013-09-23 10:35:54 UTC by Gatalin

Forum topics

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	All covers of one artist on a page/single search? unread	Discussion	maryhelen	14	November 8, 2015 by maryhelen