Yvonne Fair Backing Tracks

Yvonne Fair Backing Tracks : It Should Have Been Me

Yvonne Fair (Flora Yvonne Fair Strain (née Coleman; October 21, 1942 – March 6, 1994), was an American singer, best known for her 1975 recording of “It Should Have Been Me” which reached the low end of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. The track proved a big hit in the UK, where it climbed to number 5 in February 1976, Fair’s only UK hit record.

Yvonne Fair (Flora Yvonne Fair Strain (née Coleman; October 21, 1942 – March 6, 1994), was an American singer, best known for her 1975 recording of “It Should Have Been Me” which reached the low end of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. The track proved a big hit in the UK, where it climbed to number 5 in February 1976, Fair’s only UK hit record.

Fair had a small part as a singer in the Motown produced film Lady Sings the Blues (1972) and whilst with Motown, she was the opening act for the Temptations, the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder.

Yvonne Fair Backing Tracks : It Should Have Been Me

Lyrics

I saw my love walking down the aisle
And as he passed me by, he turned And he smiled
The preacher joined their hands
And all the people began to stand
When I shouted:

“You know that should have been me
Instead of her walking with you
You know that it should have been me
Getting ready to marry you
Darling, darling
You made a promise that we’d never part
And then you turned around And broke my heart
Now you’re standing there saying ‘I do’
Holding hands with somebody new
It should have been me
Instead of her standing by you
You know that it should have been me
Getting ready to say ‘I do’!”