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  • “Operator” Performed by Brenda Holloway (1965)

    Brenda Holloway - Operator (1965) #36 R #78 Pop While attending a DJ convention, in 1964 Los Angeles

  • Brenda Holloway: Too Hot For Motown?

    Brenda Holloway is my most favorite female singer of the Motown Era. I often wondered why she neve

    • Biography Brenda Holloway

    Brenda Holloway
    Brenda Holloway (born June 21, 1946 in Atascadero, California) is an African-American singer and songwriter best known for her period as a recording artist for the Motown label during the 1960s. Biography Her best known hits from her Motown days were the soul ballad "Every Little Bit Hurts" (which reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, and was the title track of her first album that year), "When I'm Gone" (#12 R&B #25 in 1965), and "You've Made Me So Very Happy", which she co-wrote with her sister Patrice Holloway (which reached only #39 in 1967, but in 1969 it was a major No. 2 hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears). She also had R&B hits with "I'll Always Love You," (#60 Pop) "Operator" (#36 R&B), and "Just Look What You've Done", (21 R&B, 69 Pop). Holloway did not fit the Motown mold well and some of her Motown recordings, especially the Smokey Robinson songs (When I'm Gone, Operator) were origninally recorded by Mary Wells before s

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