Marva Whitney

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Real name: Marva Ann Manning
Born: May 1, 1944
Died: December 22, 2012
Country: United States
IPI: 00062396765 2 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Funk singer; she was one of James Brown's 'Original Funky Divas'

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You	Marva Whitney	1968	(2 artists)

Covers by Marva Whitney

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		Foolish Fool	Marva Whitney	February 1970	Dee Dee Warwick
		Give It Up or Turnit a Loose	Marva Whitney with Osaka Monaurail	December 15, 2006	James Brown
		This Girl's in Love with You	Marva Whitney	January 1970	Danny Williams [ZA]
		Unwind Yourself	Marva Whitney	January 1968	Hank Ballard and His Midnighters Sampled by (2 artists)

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		It's My Thing	Marva Whitney	May 1969	Sampled by (5 artists)
		Unwind Yourself	Marva Whitney	January 1968	Originally by Hank Ballard and His Midnighters Sampled by (2 artists)

Songs written by Marva Whitney

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
It's My Thing	James Brown, Marva Whitney	Marva Whitney	May 1969
What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You	James Brown, Marva Whitney	Marva Whitney	1968	Covered by (2 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	I Am What I Am	Marva Whitney with Osaka Monaurail	December 15, 2006	SHOUT! Productions
	It's My Thing	Marva Whitney	June 1969	King [US]
	Live and Lowdown at the Apollo	Marva Whitney	February 1970	King [US]

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	It's My Thing	Marva Whitney	May 1969	King [US]
	This Girl's in Love With You	Marva Whitney	January 1970	King [US]
	Unwind Yourself	Marva Whitney	January 1968	King [US]
	What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You	Marva Whitney	1968	King [US]

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#44588	flip	2012-12-26 20:02:40 UTC	processed	2012-12-27 01:10:28 UTC by Denis