Thursday music corner: Florida-born soul singer Della Humphrey (b.Miami, 1953) released at least five singles from 1966 to 1972. Her first single, 1966's So Close, was released on the Doctor Bird label with Jamaican singer Joe White, with a Baba Brooks Band number, Eighth Games, on the b-side. She followed this up with three solo singles on Arctic Records in 1968 and 1969. Her fifth and final single release was the reggae song Dream Land, on Dreamland Records in 1972; it was later recorded by the Wailers in 1974 and Bunny Wailer in 1976.
Humphrey's first Arctic release, and her best-known song, was the Clarence Reid (better known as the inimitable Blowfly) and Jackie Corbitt-penned number Don't Make The Good Girls Go Bad, in 1968.
Della Humphreys - Don't Make The Good Girls Go Bad (1968)
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