Betty Wright's Biggest Billboard Hits: 'Clean Up Woman,' 'Tonight Is the Night' & More
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billboard.comIn her nearly 50-year chart career, R&B legend Betty Wright stretched across generations with a soul, funk and disco catalog that made her one of the genre's most consistent hitmakers in the 1970s and early 1980s, and, in later years, as a frequently sampled presence in hits by Beyoncé, DJ Khaled and others.The singer-songwriter, born Bessie Norris, died at age 66 of cancer in Miami.Wright's Billboard chart career began on Aug.
3, 1968, as "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" debuted on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Rhythm and Blues Singles (today's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart).
The single became Wright's first top 40 hit on both rankings, reaching No. 33 on the former and No. 15 on the latter. Younger listeners may know the tune more.
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