Nella Dodds


Donzella Petty-John, known professionally as Nella Dodds is an American soul singer. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States, she recorded six released singles for Wand Records between 1964 and 1966. Her records are popular on the Northern soul scene.

Singles

"Come See About Me"

The Supremes, while being the first to record "Come See About Me", were not the first to issue it as a single. That distinction fell to Dodds, and her version started selling, climbing to No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100, but Motown quickly released the Supremes' version as a single, which killed sales of Dodds's version.

Compilation album – ''This is a Girl's Life''

Although Dodds was scheduled to have a vinyl album released in the mid 1960s, it was never released. "This Is A Girl's Life" includes all 12 tracks released as singles plus an additional three that were not released at the time. The tracks were recorded for Philadelphia's Dyno-Dynamic Productions between 1964 and 1966. The CD was released in 2007.
  1. "Come Back Baby" –
  2. "A Girl's Life" –
  3. "P's and Q's" –
  4. "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers" –
  5. "Honey Boy" –
  6. "You Don't Love Me Anymore" –
  7. "Dream Boy" –
  8. "First Date" –
  9. "One Love Not Two" –
  10. "Whisper You Love Me Boy" –
  11. "Your Love Back" –
  12. "Gee Whiz" –
  13. "Maybe Baby" –
  14. "Come See About Me" –
  15. "I Just Gotta Have You" –

Acting career

She received her acting training from The Zarro Acting Academy, Norfolk, Virginia. She received additional training with Sylvia Harman of The Actor's Place in Virginia Beach, Virginia where she focused on The Meisner Technique as well as with Tom Logan, national and international director and acting coach, of Los Angeles, California.
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