all of my friends were doing american bandstand, and you wanted to go... you wanted first of all to have a crossover record, which "my man" would never have done at that time, because it was a black rhythm and blues record about a black situation, worded for black people. and it took me directly where... well, the supremes hadn't had their first record then. i mean their first national record. but the other young people, like the shirelles, whoever, were all together. and i was on the road with clyde mcphatter and ben e. king. everybody was at least six years older than me, six to 15 years older than me. >> hinojosa: so bettye, here you are, you're a teenager, you're singing about your man, and you've got this voice that you yourself have said it's gruff, it's harsh. what was going on for you as a kid at that time? because you're like... you want to just be a big star, right? >> yes. and i thought that i was going to be one. i... you know, soon after i got on the road with the adults, then i started to feel like an adult, and it was okay then after that that i wasn't able to be a little