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Barbara Acklin

real name Barbara Jean Acklin

Oakland, United States · 1943-02-28 – 1998-11-27

Barbara Acklin is credited on 1,009 releases across 279 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,009

Credits

279

Albums

7

Decades active

136

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American singer/songwriter. Cousin of Monk Higgins who produced her first sessions for Special Agent in 1966 (as Barbara Allan). Also, a backup vocalist at Chess Records in the mid 1960s.
Born: 28 February 1943 in Oakland, California (or) 28 February 1944 in Chicago, Illinois.
Died: 27 November 1998 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Pneumonia)
She collaborated extensively with Eugene Record of The Chi-Lites.
Her first hit was "Show Me The Way To Go" a 1966 duet with Gene Chandler. Her biggest hit is "Love Makes A Woman" (1968), but she is mostly famous for "Am I The Same Girl" (1968), later huge hits for Dusty Springfield and Swing Out Sister.

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1,009 releases · 279 albums · active 1966–2025

  • Performance · 1,206
  • Production · 5

Studios: P.S. Recording Studios · Dynamic Sounds Studios · Polydor Studios · Phonogram Studios

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