One of Betty's finest. "He Made A Woman Out Of Me" is down-home southern soul with funky rhodes piano, a blasting horn section and earthy mid-tempo backbeat. The flipside ballad "Nearer To You" shows what a powerful singer Betty Lavette is: soft, tender, girlish in one moment she can switch to the raw & disillusioned voice of a grown-up woman who has seen it all in the next second. This is not music to play in the background. It grabs you and makes your heart beat a little faster for 3 minutes of your lifetime. Like many 60s soul singers Betty never really had the success she deserved but she's still around today making records and playing concerts. If you ever get the chance to see her perform live, you better not miss it!