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Marva Whitney
Marva Whitney, born Marva Ann Manning on May 1, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas, was
an American funk singer. She began performing at age three in her family's
gospel ensemble, the Manning Gospel Singers. After studying music in college,
she became the lead singer of the R&B group Tommy Gadson & the Derbys. In 1967,
Whitney joined the James Brown Revue, performing solo while accompanying Brown
on international tours and making her first solo recordings for King Records in
1969. Her single "It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To)" reached
the Top 20 on the R&B chart, and s...
