the great lady of soul, bettye lavette. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. bettye lavette, the great lady of soul, welcome to our program. >> thank you. thanks so much for having me. >> hinojosa: it's an honor to have you here. >> thank you. >> hinojosa: i mean, you have had hits that people have heard starting in 1962. probably most people saw you when you sang for the inauguration of president barack obama. >> oh, absolutely. >> hinojosa: you sang "a change is going to come." >> more people than had ever seen me to date. >> hinojosa: you were incredibly excited about being on that stage. >> oh, for sure. there were so many things happening to me that weren't happening to anyone else on the entire show. and if you remember, there were a lot of people there. i was the only one... was the only performer who was born in segregation on the show. my career is the exact same age as the president, so... and it was the first time that that many people had ever seen me. it was one of the biggest breaks i've ever had in my career, and then we were having the first bla