South Florida's Singing Bomb ShellSouth Florida has produced some great female singers over the years. The top two spots, the best of the bunch so far is Betty Wright & Gloria Estefan.
The latest is a Ft. Lauderdale Beauty, small in stature, but carrying a big voice is Betty Padgett. Betty is a skilled singer, whose music and performance have captivated audiences from Florida to Mexico, Europe and back. Smooth forceful raw energy, style and rendition of Blues standard and pop music has made Betty a hit with every audience she has performed before. Betty Padgett was born in New Port, NJ. At an early age, the family moved to Florida. There she went to school and began to sing in the church choir. She made her first career move in 1974.
She formed an all girls group known as Betty and The Q's. It consisted of 3 other young ladies, Shirley Smith, Mary McCoy and Carolyn Griffin. Betty went on to join a local band out of Fort Lauderdale FL. She began to play in many of the surrounding towns in the area, West Palm Beach, Miami, Daytona, and on up to the Georgia line. From there, Betty Padgett began to tour overseas to such places such as Switzerland, Germany, Paris, Mexico and Belize.
Betty's first tour was with Benny Latimore followed by tours with Jmmy Bo Horne, David Hudson, and R.B. Hudman. Betty also opened shows for other headliners such as The Impressions, Joe Tex, Joe Simon, Denise LaSalle, Bobby Bland & ZZ Hill. In the mid 90's she had been co-starring with Joey Gilmore and his band. 2 TT's Records released Betty's third Album entitled "30 Second Man" in 1998, of which the lead out single, carries the same name.
You'll also find songs in this album that are very well known. Betty's presentation & performance of these songs proves that another star has been born and ready to take its place among the others in this sky of entertainment stars. Betty credits her success first and foremost to "God" for giving her the talent, to the unvavering support of her family and friends, and to the people around the world that have accepted and embraced her music. Betty recorded her first Album in 1975 entitled "Sugar Daddy". Her second CD "Sweet Feelings" was released in 1987 and in 1998 "30 Second Man" was released to rave reviews. In support of her CD's she has toured Central America, Switzerland, Germany and Paris where everyone embraced her music.
