My First Time Around

My First Time Around is the 1968 debut LP by Betty Wright. The album was recorded when Wright was 14 years old.[2][3] It includes the Top 40 hit single "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do".[4][5]

My First Time Around
Studio album by Betty Wright
Released	1968
Genre	Funk, soul [1]
Label	Atco
Producer	Brad Shapiro, Steve Alaimo
Betty Wright chronology
''My First Time Around'' (1968) I Love The Way You Love (1972)
Singles from My First Time Around
"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" Released: 1968 "He's Bad, Bad, Bad" Released: 1968

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do"	Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke	2:04
2.	"Funny How Love Grows Cold"	Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke	2:51
3.	"I'm Gonna Hate Myself In The Morning"	Dale Ward & Arthur Alexander	2:11
4.	"Circle of Heartbreak"	Betty Wright	2:58
5.	"Sweet Lovin' Daddy"	Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke	2:25
6.	"Cry Like a Baby"	Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham	2:34

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Watch Out Love"	Brad Shapiro, Betty Wright & Willie Clarke	2:41
2.	"He's Bad, Bad, Bad"	Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke	2:22
3.	"I Can't Stop My Heart"	Jackie Avery	3:24
4.	"I'm Thankful"	Steve Alaimo, Sam Cooke & J. W. Alexander	2:03
5.	"The Best Girls Don't Always Win"	Clarence Reid	3:08
6.	"Just You"	Sonny Bono	3:06

Personnel

[1]

• Betty Wright - lead vocal
• Joey Murcia – guitar
• Bobby Birdwatcher - piano, organ
• Clarence Reid - piano
• Arnold Albury - piano
• David Brown - bass
• Eddie Martinez - drums
• Butch Trucks - drums
• The Reid Singers - backing vocals

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Betty-Wright-My-First-Time-Around/release/1177082
2. "Dusted Reviews: Betty Wright - My First Time Around". 2005-09-11. Archived from the original on 2015-02-10.
3. Wang, Oliver (May 11, 2020). "Betty Wright Packed A Career's Worth Of Music Into Her Youthful First Act". NPR. Retrieved May 13, 2020. Recorded for her debut album, My First Time Around, "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" came out when Wright was still just 14. Unlike other adolescent artists whose youth was central in how they were marketed, Wright's vocal power allowed her to "pass" for a much older singer. This wasn't lost on her songwriters. Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke penned most of her early tunes, and they cast Wright as a worldly adult woman in ways that might have made listeners uncomfortable if they had realized she was a young teen. As Capouya told me over the phone, "because of the material, they didn't want to necessarily emphasize that she was so young and she was definitely singing above her age." As if to accent this point, on the song, Wright sings, "Just take this advice I give ya / just like a mother."
4. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5876/biography
5. "Betty Wright - Billboard".