Originally known as Little Esther, the supremely talented Esther Phillips started her career on the Savoy label in the early 50's and after a few label changes, and a break from the music industry due to her problems with heroin, she released, in the early 60's a crackin' version of "Release Me". Her career started to really take off when she signed to Atlantic Records where she expanded her style and adopted a more jazzy feel to her music. She continued to record well into the 70's and early 80's and recorded some of her best work, including a sadly prophetic cover of Gil Scott Heron's tale of heroin addiction, "Home Is Where The Hatred Is".
Home Is Where The Hatred Is
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