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Doris Troy

Doris Troy has been played on NTS in shows including Shells, featured first on 7 January 2019. Songs played include What'cha Gonna Do?, What'Cha Gonna Do About It and Just One Look.

Doris Troy (January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004) was an American Rhythm & Blues singer, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul".

She was born as Doris Elaine Higginsen, in The Bronx, the daughter of a Barbadian Pentecostal minister. She later took her grandmother's name and grew up as Doris Payne. Her parents disapproved of "subversive" forms of music like rhythm & blues, so she cut her teeth singing in her father's…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
What'cha Gonna Do?
Doris Troy, Mystic Merlin
Super Disco Edits, NEFER2018
What'cha Gonna Do?
Doris Troy, Mystic MerlinSuper Disco Edits, NEFER2018
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What'Cha Gonna Do About It
Doris Troy
Atlantic0
What'Cha Gonna Do About It
Doris TroyAtlantic0
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Just One Look
Doris Troy
Atlantic1963
Just One Look
Doris TroyAtlantic1963
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Watcha Gonna Do About It
Lorraine Ellison, Doris Troy
Old Gold1989
Watcha Gonna Do About It
Lorraine Ellison, Doris TroyOld Gold1989
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You Got Me Baby
Doris Troy
Super Disco Edits, NEFER2018
You Got Me Baby
Doris TroySuper Disco Edits, NEFER2018
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