Linda Carr

Though she was born and based in America, Linda Carr is considered to be among the United Kingdom's best-loved but long-forgotten female vocalists of the mid-'70s. She first came to attention in 1967 when she recorded the Northern soul classic "Everytime," backed by "Trying to Be Good for You," for the Stateside label. Neither this nor several other Fame Studio cuts made a mainstream impression, and Carr all but disappeared until her triumphant and spectacular return in 1975 amid the U.K.'s sudden rediscovery of its Northern soul heritage. (Several early Carr recordings can be...