Rose Batiste (sometimes credited as Rose Battiste) is an American

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singer from 1960s

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, United States.Rose Batiste

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Her best known tracks were "I Miss My Baby" written by Richard Parker as "D. Peoples", and "Hit And Run". In 1970,

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brought records from the U.S. to England, including Rose Batiste's "Hit and Run". Batiste was filmed performing at the

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for the video collection ''The Strange World of Northern Soul'' by Ian Levine. She drew a following after being rediscovered in England during the Northern soul movement. Batiste was originally signed to

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, owned by

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's first wife. Don Davis produced her debut single "I Can't Leave You". Her second single, "That's What He Told Me" b/w "Holding Hands," was released on the

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label in 1965. Bob Hamilton co-wrote both sides with Joanne Bratton-Jackson. Batiste also recorded with

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in 1966, singing "Sweetheart Darling", written by Al and Bob Hamilton, Joe Hunter, and Richard Morris, with "That's What He Told Me" also on the album. In 1970, she began working as a typist for

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(the company that had bought out Ric-Tic several years prior), and ended up recording, although none of this has been released. The backing track of "I Miss My Baby" was released in 1967 by Doni Burdick under the title "Bari Track" as an instrumental prominently featuring a catchy

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riff which was barely audible (if at all) on Batiste's original. Neither song was a hit when released, although they were both later embraced by England's " Northern Soul" movement.

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