That’s No Way To Treat A Girl/Say It Again, by Marie Knight

That’s No Way To Treat A Girl/Say It Again

by Marie Knight

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	1.	That's No Way To Treat A Girl 01:00
	2.	Say It Again 01:00

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Singer and pianist, Marie Knight made her name as a gospel superstar recording for Decca in duet with the legendary Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Her first solo record for Decca arrived in the mid ‘50s, just a couple of years before her signing to Mercury. She later toured with rhythm and blues acts like the Drifters, Clyde McPhatter and Brook Benton. Three singles followed on Diamond in 1963/64 before she was signed to Musicor Records later in 64.

Her definitive non-religious song ‘That’s No Way To Treat A Girl’, crafted in this period, failed to become a hit at the time but was the recording that would make her name with the Northern Soul fans in the UK many years later, standing as one of the most celebrated spins at the Wigan Casino allnighters.

The slow-paced ballad on the flip-side, ‘Say It Again’, is a beautiful deep soul song that echoes the gospel singing Knight had mastered over the years. After her deal with Musicor ended, she was unable to land another secular recording contract.

“That’s No Way To Treat a Girl’ is officially reissued here with ‘Say It Again’ on the flip for the first time, as originally released.

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La cantante y pianista Marie Knight se convirtió en una gran estrella del gospel grabando para Decca a dúo con la legendaria Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Su primer sencillo en solitario para Decca llegaría a mediados de los 50, apenas un par de años antes de su fichaje para la discográfica Mercury. Posteriormente giraría junto a artistas de rhythm’n blues como The Drifters, Clyde McPhatter y Brook Benton. Le seguiría la grabación de tres singles para Diamond entre 1963/64 antes de firmar para Musicor Records a finales de ese mismo año.

Su canción no religiosa definitiva, ‘That’s No Way To Treat A Girl’, elaborada en este período, no logró convertirse en un éxito, pero sería la grabación con la que se forjaría un nombre entre los fans del Northern Soul del Reino Unido unos años después, permaneciendo como uno de los mayores himnos de soul pinchados en los allnighters del Wigan Casino.

La lenta balada de la cara B, ‘Say It Again’, es una preciosa canción de soul profundo con guiños al gospel en el que Knight se había hecho una auténtica maestra a lo largo de los años. Tras el final de su contrato con Musicor, no fue capaz de lograr otro acuerdo para seguir grabando canción no-religiosa.

“That’s No Way To Treat a Girl’ se reedita oficialmente aquí con ‘Say It Again’ por primera vez, tal y como el single fue originalmente publicado.

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released January 21, 2021

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