After You - Barbara Acklin
Barbara Jean Acklin (February 28, 1943 – November 27, 1998) was an American soul singer and songwriter who was most successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit as a singer was "Love Makes a Woman" in 1968. As a songwriter, she is best known for co-writing "Have You Seen Her" with Eugene Record, lead singer of the Chi-Lites. She was born in Oakland, California, and moved with her family to Chicago, Illinois in 1948. She was encouraged to sing as a child; by the age of 11, she sang regularly as a soloist at the New Zion Baptist Church, and as a teenager started singing at nightclubs in Chicago. After graduating from Dunbar Vocational High School she worked as a secretary at St. Lawrence Records. Her first record was released on the subsidiary Special Agent label under the pseudonym Barbara Allen, and was produced by her cousin, producer and saxophonist Monk Higgins. She also worked as a backing singer at Chess Records on recordings by Etta James, Fontella Bass,...