Betty Padgett has been an active song writer, performer and recording artist for decades. Born in Newport, NJ, and raised in South Florida from sixth grade onward, she followed the well-worn path from church choir to concert stage. Immersing herself in the booming Florida funk scene of the early '70s, she started an all-female group, Betty & the Q's, and signed on in 1971 with a Fort Lauderdale funk outfit, Joey Gilmore & the T.C.B. Express with whom she toured, locally and internationally for seventeen years. Betty Padgett has shared the