Brenda Holloway — American Musician born on June 21, 1946,

Brenda Holloway is an American singer and songwriter, who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the soul hits, "Every Little Bit Hurts", "When I'm Gone", and "You've Made Me So Very Happy." The latter, which she co-wrote, was later widely popularized when it became a Top Ten hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears. She left Motown after four years, at the age of 22, and largely retired from the music industry until the 1990s, after her recordings had become popular on the British "Northern soul" scene... (wikipedia)

I feel Motown really exploited me.
My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women.
Success to me was getting out of that contract in one piece.
Then when Gladys Knight came in to do my songs that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away.