b. 12th June 1948 in Lexington, Texas, U.S.A.
d. 13th March 2005 in Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
Her biggest solo hit was the James Brown-produced gospel-style song Think (About It), from her 1972 album of the same name on People Records. The song contains five breaks which have been widely sampled in hip-hop and drum and bass, most famously, the Yeah! Woo! and It takes two to make a thing go right loops in Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s It Takes Two which is composed almost completely from samples of Think including a few lines of Collins’ vocals