Bettye LaVette

R&B/Soul

The next Bettye LaVette concert is scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025 at The Iridium in New York, NY, United States. See all 1 upcoming concerts

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Top Songs By Bettye LaVette

Listen to The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) by ODESZA, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette)ODESZA

Listen to Heart of Gold (Remastered) by Bettye LaVette, see lyrics, music video & more!

Heart of Gold (Remastered)Bettye LaVette

Listen to The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) [Koven Remix] by ODESZA, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) [Koven Remix]ODESZA

Listen to Things Have Changed by Bettye LaVette, see lyrics, music video & more!

Things Have ChangedBettye LaVette

Listen to The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) [Hayden James Remix] by ODESZA, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) [Hayden James Remix]ODESZA

Listen to The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) [Biicla Remix] by ODESZA, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) [Biicla Remix]ODESZA

Listen to Let Me Down Easy (Remastered 2022) by Bettye LaVette, see lyrics, music video & more!

Let Me Down Easy (Remastered 2022)Bettye LaVette

Listen to Plan B by Bettye LaVette, see lyrics, music video & more!

Plan BBettye LaVette

Listen to Let Me Down Easy by Bettye LaVette, see lyrics, music video & more!

Let Me Down EasyBettye LaVette

Listen to Lazy (And I Know It) by Bettye LaVette, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lazy (And I Know It)Bettye LaVette

Upcoming Concerts for Bettye LaVette

Jul
11
Jul 11, 2025
The Iridium
New York

More albums from Bettye LaVette

ALBUMLaVette!Bettye LaVette

Listen to Let Me Down Easy: Bettye LaVette In Memphis (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMLet Me Down Easy: Bettye LaVette In Memphis (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)Bettye LaVette

ALBUMBlackbirdsBettye LaVette

Listen to Things Have Changed by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMThings Have ChangedBettye LaVette

ALBUMWorthyBettye LaVette

Listen to Thankful N' Thoughtful (Deluxe Edition) by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMThankful N' Thoughtful (Deluxe Edition)Bettye LaVette

Listen to Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMInterpretations: The British Rock SongbookBettye LaVette

Listen to The Scene of the Crime by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMThe Scene of the CrimeBettye LaVette

Listen to I've Got My Own Hell to Raise by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMI've Got My Own Hell to RaiseBettye LaVette

ALBUMThe Complete Calla, Port and Roulette RecordingsBettye LaVette & Carol Fran

Listen to A Woman Like Me by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMA Woman Like MeBettye LaVette

Listen to Let Me Down Easy by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMLet Me Down EasyBettye LaVette

Listen to Nearer to You by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMNearer to YouBettye LaVette

Listen to Tell Me a Lie by Bettye LaVette

ALBUMTell Me a LieBettye LaVette

Bettye LaVette's Popular Music Videos

The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette)

ODESZA

Loser (feat. Bob Weir)

Dave McMurray & Bettye LaVette

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Bettye LaVette Essentials

The potent soul stylist with a gift for pathos.

About Bettye LaVette

Hometown

Muskegon, MI, United States

Born

January 29, 1946

Genre

R&B/Soul

An R&B diva with a sharp, distinctive vocal style that balances passion, ferocity, and confidence, Bettye LaVette spent years as a cult figure only to find a new, appreciative audience in the 2000s. While she rarely writes her material, she's a gifted interpreter, filling songs with her own personality. Her troubles with record labels would result in much of her strongest work barely being heard or sitting unreleased for decades. The 2003 live album A Woman Like Me earned her a hearing from American soul music enthusiasts, and 2005's I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was a studio set that presented her in utterly uncompromised fashion. A series of critically celebrated albums followed, most thematic in nature, including 2010's Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, 2018's Things Have Changed (devoted to songs written by Bob Dylan), and 2023's LaVette! (featuring 11 songs from the pen of Randall Bramblett).