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Barbara Lewis

R&B / Soul singer-songwriter Barbara Lewis – born in Salem, Michigan on February 9, 1943 – is best known for the 1963 hit “Hello Stranger.” She began writing and recording in her teens and was produced by local DJ and producer Ollie McLaughlin and signed with Atlantic Records. While it later became a norm in the industry, Barbara Lewis was one of the rare female artists at the time who wrote her own material. Her soulful and lush recordings also set her apart from her contemporaries. Her first single, 1962’s “My Heart Won’t Do Dat Da,” was a local hit in Detroit, but did not char...