Betty Wright, a luminary R&B singer known for her hits "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight is the Night," has died at the age of 66. Steve Greenberg, president of S-Curve Records, confirmed the singer's death on Sunday, saying it came after a battle with cancer. Greenberg, who collaborated on several recordings with Wright, called her "one of the most significant women in the history of R&B music, period." Wright is perhaps best known for her 1971 hit song "Clean Up Woman," a funky and soulful complaint about a woman who "cleans up" the men of women who neglect them. The song's signature guitar riff would go on to be a favored sample used by the likes of Afrika Bambaataa, Sublime and Chance the Rapper. The song's rise to number six on the Billboard singles charts prefaced years of successes for the singer that included a Grammy win for "Where is the Love" in 1975. Just over a decade after her Grammy ...
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