"Phillips, who would have turned ninety this month, went on to be one of the most overlooked singers of all time. Part of that was bad luck—as well as a habit of making her own bad luck. But part of it, I feel sure, was that in 1962, Nashville wasn’t ready—it perhaps still isn’t ready—for a Black woman bringing a Black sensibility to country music."

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/esther-phillips-first-lady-of-black-country-music/

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