Esther Phillips - I Saw Me
And i said to myself what a fool
She placed a crown on your head
Believed the lies, each one you said
For the first time tonight, i saw me
Yes, i looked into my eyes
And saw the reason why she cried
Saw a picture of a fool
Who should still be by her side
For the first time tonight, i saw me
And i'm ashamed for now i can see
Love she gave all in vain
I was her world, her everything
For the first time tonight, i saw mе
Yes, i looked into my eyеs
And saw the reason why she cried
Saw a picture of a fool
Who should still be by her side
For the first time tonight, i saw me
And i'm ashamed for now i can see
Love she gave all in vain
I was her world, her everything
For the first time tonight, i saw me
Yes, for the first time tonight, i saw me
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Every time we say goodbye I die a little Every time we say goodbye I wonder why a little Why the Gods above me Who must be in the know Think so little of me
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Biography
At age fourteen, she won an amateur talent contest in 1949 at the Barrelhouse Club owned by Johnny Otis. Otis was so impressed he added her to his traveling revue, the California Rhythm and Blues Caravan, billed as ‘Little Esther Phillips’.
Her first hit record was “Double Crossing Blues” (#1 R&B), recorded in 1950 for Savoy Records. She had another two #1 plus four top 10 hits in 1950. Few artists, R&B or otherwise, have ever enjoyed such success in their debut year.
By the mid-50ies she was ill due to drug abuse. In 1962 Phillips got well enough to launch a comeback. She recorded a country tune, “Release Me,” with producer Bob Gans. This went to number 1 on R&B listings. Her cover of The Beatles' song “And I Love Him” nearly made the R&B Top Ten in 1965 and The Beatles flew her to the UK for her first overseas performances.
During the 1970’s she scored an international hit with “What A Difference A Day Made”. Phillips died in 1984, at the age of 48 from liver and kidney failure.