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Blinky Williams

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Sondra "Blinky" Williams sings "I Wouldn't Change the Man He Is".

Ms. Williams is probably best known for singing the theme song for Good Times with Jim Gilstrap.

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Blinky "How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It)?" (Soul 35089, 1971) Perhaps the most overlooked, poorly treated woman in Motown's later years was Sondra "Blinky" Williams. Definitely well equipped to knock them dead on vinyl and live, there's heroically large gaps in her discography from her Motown years. But each effort that did see the light of day is worth a listen. "How You Gonna Keep It" made its debut as a B-side for Marvin Gaye & "Tammi Terrell" (and the endless debate on whether the majority of the Easy LP was recorded with Valerie Simpson singing out of her nose to approximate Tammi Terrell) in 1969. But surely the definitive take on this dare to keep the lovelight burning is Blinky's version. Sadly the crap shoot Motown played with her release and promotional schedule meant it wasn't until 1971 that her version was truly available to the public. By then, the world had moved on, and her chances of sparkling in the public eye diminished as weeks turned to months into years. It makes sense that she returned to gospel and didn't look back. Jesus be a fence against secular record label politics.