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New Orleans funk diva Mary Jane Hooper remains one of the most shadowy figures in Crescent City soul history. Famed for her collaboration with legendary producer <a href="spotify:artist:6yJkbSRofSN6kk4BWaqlax">Eddie Bo</a>, many believe her name is an alias employed by singer Inez Cheatham, although <a href="spotify:artist:6yJkbSRofSN6kk4BWaqlax">Bo</a> himself disputes such assertions. Hooper is, in fact, the stage name of one Sena Fletcher, who began her career singing gospel before crossing over to secular R&B backing <a href="spotify:artist:0En4EEcDMJ5kaUCf1aZ9js">Lee Dorsey</a>. Upon signing to <a href="spotify:artist:6yJkbSRofSN6kk4BWaqlax">Bo</a>'s Scram label in 1966, Hooper issued her debut single, "Don't Change Nothin'." She eventually moved to <a href="spotify:artist:6yJkbSRofSN6kk4BWaqlax">Bo</a>'s Power label, where in 1968 she cut her best-known single, "That's How Strong Love Is," later licensed for national release by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22World+Pacific%22">World Pacific</a>. "I've Got Reasons" followed later that year on <a href="spotify:artist:6yJkbSRofSN6kk4BWaqlax">Bo</a>'s renamed Power Pac imprint, but after the release of the two-part "I've Got What You Need" (justly famed for drummer <a href="spotify:artist:2lffXaYGum1bb21hUmUU3z">James Black</a>'s monster groove), Hooper effectively disappeared. Her vocal similarities to Cheatham (another <a href="spotify:artist:6yJkbSRofSN6kk4BWaqlax">Eddie Bo</a> protégée) prompted many funk collectors to assume the two singers were one and the same, further muddying the waters of her history and recorded output. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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