Andrea Davis

in October 1966 an 18-year-old singer called Andrea Davis was making waves in the Chicago music industry. Chess Records had just released a single called ‘Lonely Girl’ – which had a B-side called ‘You Gave Me Soul’ – and the publicity department of Galaxy Artist Management Inc, based on East 21st Street in Chicago, were mailing out striking photographs of a young black singer called Andrea Davis to DJs and music journalists. The record was a minor hit in Illinois, yet Davis disappeared without ever putting her name to another record. Galaxy went back to marketing other clients such as Little Milton and The Dells. The singer stayed in the music business, though. She re-emerged under her own rightful name, Minnie Riperton.