 Her version would be the first of five singles under her name to crack the "Billboard" Hot 100.That same year, she performed a live version of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for the soundtrack for the Robert Altman film, "Brewster McCloud", and also contributed vocals to Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg's film, "Performance".In 1971, she co-wrote the song "Sho' Nuff" about her mother.