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| | American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter,
died prematurely at age 25 of brain cancer.
Born : April 29, 1945 // Philadelphia, PA, United States
Died : March 16, 1970 // Philadelphia, PA, United States
Prior to her fame at Motown, at the age of 15 she was first discovered, and approached to record and sign a contract, by Luther Dixon who signed her to Wand Records in New York, A division of Scepter Records.
Recording using her real name of Tammy Montgomery, at age 16 her first release for the Scepter label was, 'If You See Bill' b/w 'It's Mine', which was released on Scepter 1224, 06-Nov-1961.
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