This release was produced by German-born DJ Pari, who has also produced for Marva Whitney and who has managed Collins' last tour. In 2006, Paris-based Hi&Fly Records released a live album entitled Mama Feelgood, which included recordings from her European tour and some interview clips. Shortly after returning from her European tour, Collins died aged 56 in Pasadena, California, of cardiac arrhythmia. The tour was produced by the Soulpower organization. For three weeks, she performed in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In February 2005, Collins embarked on her first ever solo tour.

Collins continued to tour and perform, most notably at the European Jazz/Funk Festival (in both 19) and the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1993, Collins' profile was given a boost by female dancehall singer Patra, who invited Collins to perform on her hit remake of 'Think (About It)' partly due to the resulting interest, her two official albums were reissued in England and the Netherlands. In the late 1980s and early '90s, Collins attempted a comeback as a dance/club diva, recording the house single 'Shout' for Belgium's ARS label. After the release of this album, she returned to performing mainly as a back-up vocalist. Another album followed in 1975 Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me by Now. Furthermore, it was used in the early sociocritical eurodance classic I Can't Stand It by Twenty 4 Seven. 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. 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. Lyn Collins (Gloria Lavern Collins, J– March 13, 2005), was an African-American soul singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s and for the influential 1972 funk single 'Think (About It)'.īorn in Abilene, Texas, U.S.A., she began her recording career aged 14.

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