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"Clean Up Woman" is a song by Betty Wright from her second studio album, I Love the Way You Love (1972). Written and produced by Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke, it was released in November 1971 in the U.S. as a 7" single with "I'll Love You Forever" on the B-side. The song's distinctive guitar lick was played by Willie "Little Beaver" Hale.
Following the group's break-up, Wright, who was already using the name Betty Wright, decided to switch musical styles from gospel to rhythm and blues, singing in local talent shows until she was spotted by a Miami record label owner, who signed her to her first label (Deep City Records) in 1966, when she was 12.
Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records head A&R man, Calvin Carter, brought back "Make It Easy on Yourself" from a trip to New York City where he scouted song publishers.Carter played the demo, featuring Dionne Warwick's vocal, for Vee-Jay artist Jerry Butler who commented: "Man, it's a great song, and the girl who's singing it, and the arrangement, is a hit."
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The song contains a sample of "Clean Up Woman" by Betty Wright, [1] [2] described as "tropical guitar samples". [3]Fred Thomas of AllMusic described the instrumental as "happily melodic".
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"Make It Easy" is a 1991 song by the progressive rock band Yes. An early version of this song from 1981 was written and sung by Trevor Rabin , originally as a demo titled "Don't Give In". It was later re-worked by Yes which included Chris Squire , Alan White and Tony Kaye after Jon Anderson made his departure from the band.
The Clean Up Woman follows the same formula as most urban gospel plays: Black folks with problems engaging in laughter, music and a spiritual epiphany. [2] The play is the highest grossing stage play since the theater's 1977 conception at Arts & Letters in Dallas. [citation needed] In 2012 the play was released on DVD. [3]