The lovely Barbara Pennington with a voice resembling that of Chaka Khan with the way it soars and soars. She was discovered together with Evelyn Thomas and L.J. Johnson by Ian Levine in the summer of 1975 in Chicago. After an overlooked debut single at Island Records in 1976, her second single 24 Hours A Day (at United Artists) peaked at #4 at the Billboard Disco Charts and has just recently been recorded in a fab new version by Jessica Williams and Rick Gianatos. Barbara's debut album was released early 1978 and is excellent from start to finish. You Are The Music Within Me followed in April 1977, and three more singles were extracted from her debut album in 1978, Spend A Little Time With Me, Midnight Ride, and All Time Loser, before Barbara faded from view.
She re-emerged on Record Shack Records in 1984 where more hits followed with All American Boy, Fan The Flame, and On A Crowded Street from the album Out Of The Darkest Night. After three singles on Nightmare Records in the late 80s, Barbara disappeared from view for many years until releasing an excellent album Latenight in 2010, proving her voice is as good as ever.
