Yvonne Fair got her start as a latter-day member of
the Chantels and
the James Brown Revue. Signed to Motown in the early '70s as a result of her work with
Chuck Jackson, she appeared in a minor role as a chanteuse in the film
Lady Sings the Blues before hooking up with producer
Norman Whitfield for a first-rate series of singles: "Love Ain't No Toy," "Walk Out the Door If You Wanna," what is perhaps the definitive version of "Funky Music Sho' 'Nuff Turns Me On," and a stunning remake of the
Kim Weston/
Gladys Knight semistandard "It Should Have Been Me," which dented the lower end of the pop charts in 1976. A raucous soul belter who deserved better at Motown,
Fair died in 1994. ~ John Lowe, All Music Guide