Doris Troy

Official videos

DORIS TROY - BOSSA NOVA BLUES
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Doris Troy - Special Care (1969)
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Doris Troy - Just One Look - 2021 stereo remix
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Doris Troy - Please Little Angel
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Must-Have Northern Soul Records - Doris Troy ~ I'll Do Anything
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Doris Troy ~ Just One Look
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JUST ONE LOOK that's all it took Julia Patrice by Arbie's Music and Lyrics Studio
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DORIS TROY - I'll Do Anything (He Want's Me To Do)
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Doris Troy - Whatcha Gonna Do About It
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Heybourne || Just One Look || Sanditon S2+S3 Trailers || Charlotte Heywood & Alexander Colbourne
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About this artist

Surely one of the most talented one-hit wonders of the rock era, Doris Troy hit the Top Ten with “Just One Look” in 1963, but also recorded many other fine pop-soul sides for Atlantic between 1963 and 1965. Unlike many soul performers of the time, Troy wrote most of her own material (under the pseudonym Payne), and had already written for other artists and sung backup with Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick and Cissy Houston on New York soul records before striking out on her own. More melodically ambitious and stylistically eclectic than many of her peers, her Atlantic sides blend elements of gospel, girl group, blues, and pop into a rich New York soul sound. Troy never reached the charts again after “Just One Look,” but was more appreciated in England, where she toured occasionally and where the Hollies covered her “What’cha Gonna Do About It” on their first album. Moving to Britain, she recorded an album for Apple in 1970 with assistance from George Harrison and Billy Preston. In the early ’70s, she sang backup vocals for British rock groups, most notably the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, in addition to recording a couple more albums. In the ’80s she starred in Mama I Want to Sing, a musical based on her life story. The musical became a touring success, one which Troy remained involved with until 1998. She continued to perform in Las Vegas until her death from emphysema on February 17, 2004. ~ Richie Unterberger