Francine Reed
Francine Reed (born July 11, 1947) is an American blues singer, solo artist, and regular singing partner of Lyle Lovett since the 1980s and member of Lovett's Large Band. Reed has also recorded duets with Willie Nelson and Delbert McClinton and others.
Francine Reed
- Name
- Francine Reed
- Born
- 11 July 1947
- Birthplace
- Pembroke Township, Illinois, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- singer · musician
- Fields
- blues
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Francine Reed (born July 11, 1947) is an American blues singer, solo artist, and regular singing partner of Lyle Lovett since the 1980s and member of Lovett's Large Band. Reed has also recorded duets with Willie Nelson and Delbert McClinton and others.
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• Name — Francine Reed • Born — 11 July 1947 • Birthplace — Pembroke Township, Illinois, U.S. • Genre — Blues, jazz Francine Reed (born July 11, 1947) is an American blues singer, solo artist, and regular singing partner of Lyle Lovett since the 1980s and member of Lovett's Large Band. Reed has also recorded duets with Willie Nelson and Delbert McClinton and others.
Biography
Biography
Reed sang at church services in her youth and her music was inspired and influenced by her gospel-singing father. She is the sister of jazz singer Margo Reed who died in April 2015 at the age of 73. In Phoenix, Arizona, Francine Reed appeared with Miles Davis, Stanley Jordan, Smokey Robinson, Etta James, and The Crusaders. In 1985, she began recording and touring with Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. Reed has also appeared on recordings by Delbert McClinton, Willie Nelson and Roy Orbison. After she relocated to Georgia in the 1990s, she released her first solo album, I Want You to Love Me. Reed has received the W. C. Handy Artist of the Year and Song of the Year nominations. (The W. C. Handy awards were renamed the Blues Music Awards in 2006). Reed was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1997. Reed is perhaps best known for her performances of the classic blues song "Wild Women (Don't Get the Blues)", written in 1924 by Ida Cox. A recording of this song appears on Reed's albums, I Want You to Love Me, I Got a Right!...to Some of My Best, and Blues Collection; as well as on Ichiban Records Wild Women Do Get the Blues and Lyle Lovett's Live in Texas. Reed's distinctive voice can be heard on a television advertisement for Senokot laxative ("I Feel Good"), and in a scene from the film The Firm (1993). In the mid-1990s she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she frequently performed at Blind Willie's in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood. In 2016 she moved back to Phoenix and has given up touring.
TV and film
• Artist name — Song title — Show title — Episode — Production — Program — Air date • Francine Reed — "You've Got to Change" — Ghost Wars — 107 — SyFy — TV — 11-16-2017 • Almost Friends — -- — Gravitas Ventures/Orion Pictures — Film — 11-17-2017 • Graves — 106 — EPIX — TV — 11-20-2017 • "Good Lovin' Woman" — Chicago Fire — 414 — NBC — TV — 2-9-2016 • "It Won't Be Me" — The Disaster Artist — -- — New Line Cinema — Film — 3-12-2017
Partial discography
• Artist — Title (format) — Label — Cat# — Country — Release date • Francine Reed — "Take Some Time For Love" / "Tear Down These Walls" (7") — Wild Sky Records — 6019 — 1990 • I Want You To Love Me (CD, Album) — Ichiban International — D2-24851-2 — 1995 • Can't Make it On My Own (CD) — Ichiban International — D2-24886-2 — 1996 • Wild Women Do Get the Blues (Cassette, CD) — Ichiban Records — 1190 — 1996 • "Been There, Done That" (7", Single) — Ichiban Records — 97-437 — 1997 • Shades of Blue (CD, Comp) — Platinum Entertainment — 15095-9595-2 — 1999 • Here Comes Frani Claus (CD, EP) — CMO Records — CMO11032 — 2000 • I Got a Right!...To Some of My Best (CD) — CMO Productions/Tree Sound Studio — CMO 1010 — 2001 • Francine Reed (CD, Album) — Ichiban Blues — ICH-01011 — 2002 • American Roots: Blues (CD) — Ichiban Records — 1011 — 2002 • Surrender (CD) — Jez Graham/Stephen Kalinich — 2011 • Francine Reed Live at Eddie's Attic (CD) — Francine Reed — 2012 • Wild Hearted Woman (CD, MP3)) — Fervor Records — FVRCD06214 — 2015 • Francine Reed and Fever (28) — "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues" / "When The Eagle Flies" (7", Single) — The Old Bombay Bicycle Club — 44570 — Unknown • Francine Reed with Lyle Lovett — Lyle Lovett (LP, Album, Club) — MCA Records — MCA-5748 — US — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (LP, Album) — Curb Records — CUR 7504-2 — Germany, Australia, Switzerland — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (CD, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAD-5478 — US — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (CD, Album) — Curb Records — 471794 — Austria — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (CD, Album, RE) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCABD-31307 — Canada — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (Cass, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCFC-3361 — UK — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (Cass, Album, Dol) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAC-5748 — US — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (LP, Album) — MCA Records — MCF 3361 — UK — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (LP, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCA-5748 — Canada — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (LP, Album) — Vogue — 540144 — France — 1986 • Lyle Lovett (CD, Album) — Curb Records — 471794 2 — Australia — unknown • Lyle Lovett (LP, CD, Album) — Curb Records, MCA Records — DMCF 3361, MCA 5748 — UK — 1998 • Lyle Lovett (CD, Album, RE) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAD-31307 — US — unknown • Lyle Lovett (CD, Album, RE) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAD-31307, MCABD-31307 — Canada — unknown • Lyle Lovett CD, Album, RE) — MCA Records — MCLD 19134 — UK — unknown • Pontiac (LP, Album, CD, Club) — Curb Records — MCA-42028 — US — 1987 • Pontiac (Vinyl, LP, Album) — Curb Records, Ariola — 209 497 — Germany — 1988 • Pontiac (LP, Album) — Curb Records — RPM 1246 — South Africa — 1987 • Pontiac (CD, Album, Club) — Curb Records, MCA Records — MCAD-42028 — US — 1987 • Pontiac (Cass, Album, RE, Dol) — Curb Records, MCA Records — MCAMC 42028, MCAMC-42028 — Canada — unknown • Pontiac (CD, Album) — Curb Records — 471795 2 — Australia — 1987 • Pontiac (CD, Album) — Curb Records, RCA — ZD 71691 — Germany — 1987 • Pontiac (CD, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — DMCF 3389 — UK — 1987 • Pontiac (Cass, Album) — MCA Records — MCFC 3389 — UK — 1987 • Pontiac (Cass, Album) — Curb Records, MCA Records — MCAC-42028 — US — 1987 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album) — MCA Records — MCG 6037 — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album, Club) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAD-42263 — US — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cassette, Album, Dol) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAC-42263 — Canada — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAWD-42263 — Canada — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cassette, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAC-42263 — US — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album, Club, Vinyl) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCA-42263 — US — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCA-42263 — Canada — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album) — Curb Records — ZL-71998 — Germany — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP) — Sonet, Curb Records — SLP-3145, SLP-3145 — Europe — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album) — RCA Victor, Curb Records — MCA 42263, VPL1 6808 — Australia — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Cass, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCGC-6037 — UK — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album) — Sonet, Curb Records — SLPCD-3145 — Europe — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (LP, Album, Vinyl) — Curb Records — 209 660 — Germany — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album) — Curb Records — ZD71998 — Germany — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (CD, Album) — Curb Records — 471796 2 — Australia — 1989 • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Vinyl, LP, Album) — Curb Records — D1-79004 — US — 2015 • Joshua Judges Ruth (Vinyl, LP, Album) — Curb Records — MCA-10475 — US — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album) — Curb Records, Curb Records — 471531 2, 01-471531-10 — Australia — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album) — Curb Records — 471531 2 — Australia — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album) — Edel, Curb Records — CUR 7508-2 — Germany, Australia, Switzerland — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album) — Curb Records, MCA Records — MCAD-10475 — Canada — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Club) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAD-10475 — US — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAD-10475 — UK — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Multichannel)) — High Definition Surround, Curb Records, MCA Records — 71021-54430-2-7 — US — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Promo) — Curb Records — ALCB-565 — Japan — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (Cass, Album, Dol) — Curb Records, Mushroom — 471531 4 — Australia — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (Cass, Album, Club, Dol) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAC-10475 — US — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (LP, Album) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCA-10475 — UK — 1992 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, RE) — Curb Records — D2-79001 — US, Canada — 2014 • Joshua Judges Ruth (CD, Album, Club) — MCA Records, Curb Records — MCAD-10475 — US — unknown • Live in Texas (CD, Album) — Curb Records — CURCD 078 — 1999 • Live in Texas (CD, Album) — Curb Records — 4 84640 — Germany — 1999 • Live in Texas (CD, Album) — MCA Records — MCAD-11964 — US — 1999 • Live in Texas (CD, Album) — MCA Records — MCAD-11964 — UK — 1999 • Smile - Songs from The Movies (CD, Compilation) — Curb Records — MCA 088113 184 2 — US, Canada — 2003 • It's Not Big It's Large (Deluxe Edition) (CD, Album, DVD-Video, Region) — Hump Head Records — HUMP 048 — US — 2007 • It's Not Big It's Large (CD, Album) — Curb Records, Lost Highway — B0008966-02 — US — 2007 • Francine Reed with Delbert McClinton — Never Been Rocked Enough (CD, Album) — Curb Records — D2-77521 — 1992 • Francine Reed with Roy Orbison — King of Hearts (Cassette, Album) — Virgin Records — V4-86520 — 1992 • Francine Reed with Willie Nelson — Milk Cow Blues (CD, Album) — Island Records — 314 542 517-2 — 2000 • Songs (CD, Compilation) — Lost Highway, Hip-O Records, UTV Records — B0002300-02 — 2005
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