Penny Goodwin / Too Soon You're Old
Title: Too Soon You're Old
Label: Athens Of The North
Cat.#: ATH038
Format: 7" Vinyl
Country: UK
Released: 2016
Genre: Soul
Track Listing:
Penny Goodwin grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin singing in church with Al Jarreau, doing weddings, talent competitions and bar mitzvahs. When she left school she started singing in popular mob run clubs such as Alfie's, Sardino's, and King's Four graduating to clubs in Chicago and Caesar's Palace in Vegas. Despite her huge talent only this one studio LP exists, a mix of covers by Marvin Gaye, Gill Scott Heron plus original songs by herself and manager Sy Lefco. The LP also featuring strings by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and jazz guitar legend Phil Upchurch. One of the great American jazz vocal LP's by Milwaukee's unsung queen of jazz.