Baptized \'Soul Sister Number One\' by her producer and mentor James Brown, Kansas City funk siren Marva Whitney was on the cusp of stardom in the late 1960s.
She also made numerous appearances on US television but just as her star seemed to be in the ascendant, Whitney\'s care.
During that time she scored three US R&B hit singles, released two albums, picked up a Golden Mike Award and was voted second in Record World magazine\'s readers\' poll for the Most Promising Female R&B Vocalist of 1969.
Baptized \'Soul Sister Number One\' by her producer and mentor James Brown, Kansas City funk siren Marva Whitney was on the cusp of stardom in the late 1960s