Rosetta Hightower

Rosetta Hightower made her primary mark as the lead singer of the Orlons, who rolled off a series of girl group soul hits in the early '60s, including "The Wah-Watusi," "Don't Hang Up," "South Street," and "Not Me." After the Orlons broke up, Hightower moved to England, where she recorded a few singles and released, in 1971, a couple similarly titled albums. Hightower was by far the best of these, merging rock, soul, and folk-rock with stellar session musicians like Rick Grech, Harold McNair, Jim Price, and Bobby Keys. Although the other LP, Rosetta Hightower, was well done an...