Barbara Stephens (born November 1, 1939, as Boysa Stephens in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
) is an American singer.
Stephens spent most of her career as a solo artist with Satellite Records (later
Stax Records
Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in September 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records.
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), recording several hit songs such as "The Life I Live" and "Wait A Minute". She also sang with two bands, the Gardenias and the Deltones.
She stopped recording and touring in 1971 in order to marry and raise children. She currently resides in Atlanta.
External links
* http://staxrecords.free.fr/stephens.htm
1939 births
Singers from Atlanta
Living people
20th-century American women singers
20th-century American singers
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