Rhetta Hughes (June 15, 1939 – June 3, 2019) was an American soul singer and musical theatre actress. == Music and acting career == === 1960s and before === Hughes was born in Dallas, Texas on June 15, 1939. Although Hughes sang from a young age into adulthood in the choir of a Baptist church in her hometown of Dallas, she had no aspirations to be a professional singer and had been employed for five years as a nurse at... [more on Wikipedia]