{{Short description|American singer}} {{Lead too short|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bette Smith | image = Bette Smith in Brooklyn, NY, 2017.jpg | image_size = | caption = Bette Smith in Brooklyn, New York, 2017 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, United States | years_active = 2005–present | alias = | genre = {{hlist|Soul|Rock|Blues}} | label = {{hlist|Ruf Records|Cleopatra Records|Big Legal Mess Records|Kartel Music Group}} | website = {{URL|https://www.bettesmith.com}} }}
'''Bette Smith''' is an American soul, rock and blues singer and songwriter who has released music on the Ruf Records blues label and, as of 2024, is on the Kartel Music Group label. Of Trinidadian descent, she is a New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee and has worked work with Jimbo Mathus, Kirk Fletcher, Luther Dickinson, Patterson Hood, and Jimmy Hogarth. She tours on the North American blues festival circuit and in Europe.
==Early life== '''Sharon Meriel Kathleen Smith''', known professionally as '''Bette Smith''', grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.<ref name="calgary">{{citation |url= https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/free-to-soar-brooklyns-bette-smith-to-bring-some-post-pandemic-joy-to-princes-island-for-calgary-folk-music-festival | title= 'Free to soar': Brooklyn's Bette Smith to bring some post-pandemic joy to Prince's Island for Calgary Folk Music Festival | author=Eric Volmers |publisher=Calgary Herald | date= 20 July 2022 | accessdate=11 September 2022}}</ref> Her parents are Trinidadian. Her father, a choir director in the Seventh-day Adventist Church that the family attended, taught her to sing.<ref>{{citation |url=https://glidemagazine.com/248576/soul-singer-bette-smith-collaborates-with-jimbo-mathus-matt-patton-on-vivacious-the-good-the-bad-the-bette-album-review/ | title= Soul Singer Bette Smith Collaborates With Jimbo Mathus, Matt Patton on Vivacious 'The Good The Bad The Bette' (ALBUM REVIEW) | author = Jim Hynes | publisher= Glide Magazine | date= 22 September 2020 | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> She sang featured roles in the church's gospel choir.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.columbusalive.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/09/01/soul-belter-bette-smith-finally-doing-what-she-loves/5682471001/ | title= Soul belter Bette Smith is finally doing what she loves | author = Andy Downing | publisher= Columbus Alive | date= 1 September 2021 | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref>
==Career== ===2010s=== She released an album called ''From The Well Of My Inner Child'' in 2006 using the stage name "Bette Stuy." She graduated from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Los Angeles in 2010, and studied at The New School in New York City, where in 2014 she earned a B.S. in Liberal Arts with an emphasis on Creative Arts Therapy, and at Columbia’s School of Social Work.<ref name="billboard">{{citation |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bette-smith-jetlagger-debut-interview-7874090/ | title= Bed-Stuy Soul Singer Bette Smith Talks 'Cinderella Story' Signing, Premieres 'Man Child' Video | author=Elias Leight | publisher=Billboard | date= 26 July 2017 | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref> To earn a living she worked as a receptionist and on Wall Street.
She was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.makingascene.org/depth-interview-bette-stuy/ | title= An In Depth Interview with Bette Stuy | publisher=Making a Scene | date= 20 August 2016 | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref>
thumb|left|Bette Smith performing at Beaver Creek Blues Festival in Colorado, 2024In 2013 her older brother Louis, dying of kidney failure, urged her to further pursue her dreams of becoming a professional full-time singer.<ref>{{citation |url=https://americansongwriter.com/everybody-needs-love-bette-smith-song-premiere/ | title= Bette Smith Talks About What Went Into "Everybody Needs Love" | author = Jacob Uitti | date= 9 September 2020 | publisher=American Songwriter | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> Again using the name Bette Stuy, she released in 2015 the EP ''Introducing Bette Stuy: This is Neo Blues'',<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/new-music-from-fiery-ny-blues-singer-inducted-in-ny-blues-hall-of-fame-2012/ | title= New Music from Fiery NY Blues Singer Inducted in NY Blues Hall of Fame 2012 | author=John Apice | publisher=No Depression | date= 26 June 2016 | accessdate=15 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/music/exclusive-enigma-by-bette-stuy | title= EXCLUSIVE! 'Enigma' by Bette Stuy | publisher=Songwriting Magazine | date= 17 September 2015 | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref> put together a band, and continued playing at New York City clubs and on the street.
A musician who knew Jimbo Mathus of the Squirrel Nut Zippers heard her singing at a street fair and put her in touch with Mathus.<ref name="billboard" /> Mathus decided he wanted to work with her. She went to Mississippi with him and, with a live band,<ref>{{citation |url=https://highwayqueens.com/2018/02/09/album-review-bette-smith-jetlagger/ | title= Album Review: Bette Smith – Jetlagger | publisher=Highway Queens | date= 9 February 2018 | accessdate=14 March 2022}}</ref> they recorded her debut album as Bette Smith, ''Jetlagger''.
On July 26, 2017, ''Billboard'' premiered the video for the track "Manchild." ''Jetlagger'' was released on 29 September 2017 on Big Legal Mess Records<ref name="elmore">{{citation |url=https://www.elmoremagazine.com/2018/05/music-news/with-bette-smith-at-bowery-ballroom | title= With Bette Smith at Bowery Ballroom | author = Annie Dinerman | publisher= Elmore Magazine | date= 29 May 2018 | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> (a subsidiary of Fat Possum).<ref name="billboard" /> It included original songs as well as covers by the Staples Singers and Isaac Hayes.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/episodes/bette-smith-muscular-soul-fever-pitch | title= Bette Smith: Muscular Soul at a Fever Pitch | publisher=WNYC | date= 8 January 2018 | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref>
In 2018, WNYC Studios' Radiolab invited her to contribute an original song to its compilation project called ''27: The Most Perfect Album'', with each track inspired by one of the 27 U.S. Constitutional amendments.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/more-perfect-podcast-announces-compilation-album-27-amendments-kevin-morby-8471845/ | title= 'More Perfect' Podcast Announces Compilation Album Inspired by 27 Amendments Ft. Dolly Parton, Kevin Morby & More | author=Bryan Kress | publisher=Billboard | date= 23 August 2018 | accessdate=15 March 2022}}</ref> She chose the 13th Amendment and contributed her song "Happy Warrior."<ref>{{citation |url=https://project.wnyc.org/themostperfectalbum/ | title= The Most Perfect Album | publisher=WNYC | accessdate=15 March 2022}}</ref>
''Jetlagger'' received reviews in major publications.<ref>{{citation |url=https://americansongwriter.com/bette-smith/ | title= Bette Smith: Jetlagger | author = Hal Horowitz | date= 28 September 2017 | publisher=American Songwriter | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/bette-smith/watch-bette-smith-perform-live-at-paste-at-230-pm/ | title= Watch Bette Smith Perform Live at Paste | author = Matthew Oshinsky | publisher=Paste Magazine | date=9 November 2017 | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref> ''BrooklynVegan'' premiered the video<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/soul-singer-bette-smith-has-late-in-life-success-w-debut-lp-watch-a-new-video/ | title= Bette Smith Channels Classic Soul on Debut LP | author = Andrew Sacher | publisher=Brooklyn Vegan | date= 20 February 2018 | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref> and ''PopMatters'' the audio<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.popmatters.com/bette-smith-i-found-love-audio-premiere-2495378154.html | title= BETTE SMITH – "I FOUND LOVE" (AUDIO) (PREMIERE) | author = Sarah Zupko | publisher=PopMatters | date= 19 September 2017 | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref> for the track "I Found Love."
Smith toured in Europe promoting the album, appearing in 2018 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland<ref name="times">{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/nyregion/bette-smith-soul-singer-sunday-routine.html | title= How Bette Smith, Soul Singer, Spends Her Sundays | author = Scott Enman | work=New York Times | date= 19 April 2019 | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> and festivals in Spain, France and The Netherlands.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.moulinblues.nl/items/view/66/bette-smith | title= Bette Smith | publisher=Moulin Blues | date= 4 May 2018 | accessdate=15 March 2022}}</ref> She toured Europe again in July 2019.<ref name="elmore" /><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.rollingstone.fr/bette-smith-remet-la-soul-au-gout-du-jour/ | title= ÉCOUTER Bette Smith remet la soul au goût du jour | author= Jessica Saval | publisher=Rolling Stone | date= 5 March 2018 | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.cazorla.es/bluescazorla06/bluescazorla-festival-2019-2/ | title= BluesCazorla; 25 años y tan fresco | publisher=Cazorla | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref>
===2020s=== Together with Kirk Fletcher she released the single "Dance Monkey" on Cleopatra Records on 6 February 2020. Also that year the same label released her single with Jesse Johnson, "Memories." The second Bette Smith album, ''The Good, the Bad and the Bette'', came out on 25 September 2020 on blues label Ruf Records.
Produced by Drive-By Truckers’ Matt Patton and engineer Bronson Tew, ''The Good, the Bad and the Bette'' included three songs co-written by Smith<ref>{{citation |url=https://musicrepublicmagazine.com/2020/08/bette-smith-the-good-the-bad-and-the-bette-ruf-records-25th-september-2020-2/ | title= Bette Smith: The Good, The Bad And The Bette (Ruf Records) 25th September 2020 | author = Simon Redley | date= 29 August 2020 | publisher=Music Republic Magazine | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> and includes contributions from Luther Dickinson from North Mississippi Allstars and Patterson Hood from Drive-By Truckers. Jim DeRogatis included it on his “Best Albums of 2020” list.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.soundopinions.org/show/785 | title= Best Albums of 2020 | publisher=Sound Opinions | date= 11 December 2020 | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> The track "Fistful of Dollars" reached #1 on the Roots Music Report in April 2021.<ref>{{citation |url=https://rootsmusicreport.com/charts/print_chart/song/sub_genre/soul-blues/weekly/2021-04-10/2021-04-10 | title= The Roots Music Report's Top 50 Soul Blues Song Chart for the Week of Apr 10, 2021 | publisher=Roots Music Report | accessdate=14 March 2022}}</ref> Her bookings in summer and fall 2021 included U.S. tours with the Drive-By Truckers and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, an appearance at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival,<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.tellurideblues.com/bette-smith | title= Bette Smith | publisher=Telluride Blues & Brews Festival | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> and her own "Bustin’ Out of Brooklyn Tour ‘21."<ref>{{citation |url= https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/5/22607907/bette-smith-space-evanston-soul-gospel | title= After pandemic time off, soul singer Bette Smith psyched about first Chicago-area show, seeing the sights | author=Evan F. Moore | publisher=Chicago Sun-Times | date= 5 August 2021 | accessdate=21 March 2022}}</ref> In 2022 she performed at the Kennedy Center.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/millennium-stage/2022/february/bette-smith/ | title= Bette Smith | publisher=Kennedy Center | accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> Her studio collaborations in 2020 and 2021 included tracks with Joe Louis Walker, Larry Brown, Fabrizio Grossi & Soul Garage Experience, and others.
thumb|Bette Smith performing at Bilbao Blues Festival in 2023On 25 February 2022 she and Kirk Fletcher released another single on Cleopatra Records, a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar."<ref>{{citation |url= https://bluesmatters.com/?s=bette+smith | title= Bette Smith and Kirk Fletcher combine on new version of The Rolling Stones' Brown Sugar | publisher=Blues Matters | date= 20 January 2022 | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref> In August of that year, Cleopatra Records released Ben E. King's album ''Supernatural Soul'' which included the single "Stand By Me" performed by King, Smith and Ronnie Earl. Bootsy Collins and Rafael Riqueni were also guests on the album.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/ben-e-king-supernatural-soul-album-review/ | title= Ben E. King – Supernatural Soul Album Review | publisher=BluesBlast | date= 3 January 2023 | accessdate=23 August 2023}}</ref>
Smith's summer 2022 festival bookings included Mempho Music Festival,<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.memphofest.com/lineup | title= Lineup | publisher=Memphofest.com | accessdate=6 July 2022}}</ref> Calgary Folk Music Festival,<ref name="calgary" /> Blues From The Top Festival, and Kitchener Blues Festival.
In 2023 she released two more singles with Cleopatra Records – "Tennessee Whiskey" with guitarist Harvey Mandel<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/news/try-a-shot-of-tennessee-whiskey/ |author= Bill Buckley | title= Try a Shot of Tennessee Whiskey! | publisher=Soul&Jazz&Funk | date= 9 March 2023 | accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> and "Sign Your Name" with guitarist Arthur Adams<ref>{{citation |url= https://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2023/05/bette-smith-releases-new-single-sign-your-name/ |author= JaSupreme | title= Soul Singer Bette Smith Releases New Single "Sign Your Name" feat. Arthur Adams | publisher=The Urban Music Scene | date= 25 May 2023 | accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> – and was invited to perform at several festivals, including the Holland International Blues Festival,<ref>{{citation |url= https://hollandinternationalbluesfestival.com/en/ | title= Holland International Bluesfestival 2023 | publisher=hollandinternationalbluesfestival.com | accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> Harvest Music Festival<ref>{{citation |url= https://harvestmusicfest.ca/line-up/#/artists/alphabetical | title= Harvest Music Festival | date= 5 April 2023 | publisher=harvestmusicfest.ca | accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref> and, in early 2024, on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise with Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo', Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Shemekia Copeland and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram.<ref>{{citation |url= https://bluescruise.com/jan-2024-western-caribbean/ | title= LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES CRUISE #40 WESTERN CARIBBEAN • JAN. 28~FEB. 4, 2024 | date= 24 August 2022 | publisher=Bluescruise.com | accessdate=11 August 2023}}</ref>
In 2023 she also recorded her third album, ''Goodthing'', teaming with producer Jimmy Hogarth.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2024/07/09/review-bette-smith-goodthing/ |author= Hal Horowitz | title= Review: Bette Smith 'Goodthing' | publisher=Rock and Blues Muse | date= 9 July 2024 | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref> It was released on July 12, 2024, by Kartel Music Group.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.classicalite.com/articles/41753/20240508/brooklyn-soul-powerhouse-bette-smith-announces-new-album-goodthing-alongside-the-release-of-title-track-and-mv.htm |author= Genesis Miranda | title= Brooklyn Soul Powerhouse Bette Smith Announces New Album 'Goodthing' Alongside the Release of Title Track and MV | publisher=The Urban Music Scene | date= 8 May 2024 | accessdate=14 May 2024}}</ref> The title track was public radio station KCRW's "Today's Top Tune" on May 8, the day it was released as a single,<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/todays-top-tune/bette-smith-goodthing | title= Bette Smith: 'Goodthing' | date= 8 May 2024 | publisher=KCRW | accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> and Spotify added album tracks to two of its official playlists ("Beautiful Mess" on Retro Soul and "M.O.N.E.Y" on Nu-Blue).<ref>{{citation |url= https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWT7oUl2XAhgF | title= Retro Soul | publisher=Spotify | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url= https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXb3MZdETGqKB | title= Nu-Blue | publisher=Spotify | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref>
In the summer of 2024 WBGO's ''The Art of the Story'' podcast<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.wbgo.org/podcast/art-of-the-story/2024-07-10/bed-stuy-brooklyn-vocalist-bette-smiths-sound-harks-to-the-raw-stripped-down-funk-of-betty-davis |author=Trevor Smith | title= Bed Stuy Brooklyn vocalist Bette Smith's sound harks to the raw, stripped down funk of Betty Davis | date= 10 July 2024 | publisher=WBGO | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref> and WNYC's ''Soundcheck''<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.wnyc.org/story/bette-smith-marries-gospel-fervor-soul-moxie-studio/ | title= Bette Smith Marries Gospel Fervor With Soul Moxie, In-Studio | date= 12 August 2024 | publisher=WNYC | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref> featured Smith and the album, and she appeared on the MTA's "Sessions At" pop-up series in the New York City subway system.<ref>{{citation |url= https://away.mta.info/articles/sessions-at-59th-st-columbus-circle-subway-bette-smith/ | title= Watch: Sessions at... 59th St-Columbus Circle with Bette Smith | date= 22 August 2024 | publisher=MTA | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref>
In June 2024 she headlined the Columbia Pike Blues Festival<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.columbia-pike.org/bluesfest-2024/ | title= Columbia Pike Blues Festival Celebrates Women in Blues in its 27th Year | publisher=Columbia Pike | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref> and in October toured Europe, playing sold-out shows in London, Paris, and Milan.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.bluenotemilano.com/en/evento/jazzmi-2024-bette-smith-31-ottobre-2-set/ | title= Bette Smith | date= 31 October 2024 | publisher=Blue Note Milano | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url= https://peckhamlevels.org/events/the-south-london-soul-train-halloween | title= THE SOUTH LONDON SOUL TRAIN: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL | date= 26 October 2024 | publisher=Peckham Levels | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref>
In April 2025, Smith released a single covering Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is" through Cleopatra Records.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.antimusic.com/p/25/0419foreigners_i_wanna_know_what_love_is_gets_soul_makeover.shtml | title= Foreigner's 'I Wanna Know What Love Is' Gets Soul Makeover | date= 20 April 2025 | publisher=antiMusic | accessdate=5 May 2025}}</ref> In the fall she released a cover of Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman."<ref>{{citation |url= https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-am-woman-single/1842185524 | title= I Am Woman - Single | date= 2 October 2025 | publisher=Apple Music | accessdate=6 October 2025}}</ref>
A 2025 European summer tour included festivals and venues in Spain<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.barcelonalist.com/rock-out-at-the-barcelona-blues-festival/ | title= Rock Out at the Barcelona Blues Festival | date= 28 June 2025 | publisher=The Barcelonalist | accessdate=26 September 2025}}</ref> and Portugal, and the Comfort Festival in Italy with Warren Haynes, Ben Harper, Wolfmother, Blackberry Smoke, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.<ref>{{citation |url= https://en.concerts-metal.com/concert_-_Comfort_Festival_2025-191701.html | title= Comfort Festival 2025 | publisher=Concerts-Metal | accessdate=21 March 2025}}</ref> In September 2025, Smith performed at the Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival which also featured Ruthie Foster and Martha Redbone.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/2025/09/19/weekend-events-music-jazz-history-and-remembrance-across-the-valley | title= Weekend Events: Music, Jazz, History, and Remembrance Across the Valley | publisher=NBC Palm Springs | accessdate=26 September 2025}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | Producer |- ! scope="row"| ''Goodthing'' | Bette Smith | 2024 | Kartel Music Group | Jimmy Hogarth |- ! scope="row"| ''The Good, The Bad and The Bette'' | Bette Smith | 2020 | Ruf Records | Matt Patton, Bronson Tew |- ! scope="row"| ''27: The Most Perfect Album'' | Bette Smith, Dolly Parton, They Might Be Giants, Devendra Banhart, Kevin Morby and Others | 2018 | | Jad Abumrad, Suzie Lechtenberg, Julia Longoria, Alex Overington, Kelly Prime, Sarah Qari |- ! scope="row"| ''Jetlagger'' | Bette Smith | 2017 | Big Legal Mess Records | Jimbo Mathus |- ! scope="row"| ''Introducing Bette Stuy: This is Neo Blues'' | as Bette Stuy | 2015 | | |- ! scope="row"| ''From The Well Of My Inner Child'' | as Bette Stuy | 2006 | | |- |}
===Singles as artist=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | Producer |- ! scope="row"| "I Am Woman" | Bette Smith | 2025 | Cleopatra Records | |- ! scope="row"| "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Bette Smith | 2025 | Cleopatra Records | |- ! scope="row"| "Eternal Blessings" | Bette Smith | 2024 | Kartel Music Group | Jimmy Hogarth |- ! scope="row"| "Goodthing" | Bette Smith | 2024 | Kartel Music Group | Jimmy Hogarth |- ! scope="row"| "Beautiful Mess" | Bette Smith | 2024 | Kartel Music Group | Jimmy Hogarth |- ! scope="row"| "M.O.N.E.Y"<ref>{{citation |url= https://shemakesmusic.co.uk/news/bette-smith-announces-new-album-goodthing-listen-to-new-single-m-o-n-e-y/ |author= Helen Evans | title= Bette Smith announces new album Goodthing. Listen to new single 'M.O.N.E.Y' | publisher=She Makes Music | date= 26 January 2024 | accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> | Bette Smith | 2024 | Kartel Music Group | Jimmy Hogarth |- ! scope="row"| "Happiness" | Bette Smith | 2023 | Kartel Music Group | Jimmy Hogarth |- ! scope="row"| "Tennessee Whiskey" | Bette Smith and Harvey Mandel | 2023 | Cleopatra Records | |- ! scope="row"| "Sign Your Name" | Bette Smith and Arthur Adams | 2023 | Cleopatra Records | |- ! scope="row"| "Brown Sugar" | Bette Smith and Kirk Fletcher | 2022 | Cleopatra Records | |- ! scope="row"| "Dance Monkey" | Bette Smith and Kirk Fletcher | 2020 | Cleopatra Records | |- ! scope="row"| "Memories" | Bette Smith and Jesse Johnson | 2020 | Cleopatra Records | |- |}
===Singles/tracks as featured artist=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | Producer |- ! scope="row"| "Stand By Me" | Ben E. King feat. Bette Smith and Ronnie Earl | 2022 | Cleopatra Records | |- ! scope="row"| "Lady in Red" | Joe Louis Walker feat. Bette Smith | 2021 | Cleopatra Records | Scott Petito |- ! scope="row"| "With or Without You" | Fabrizio Grossi & Soul Garage Experience feat. Bette Smith | 2021 | | Fabrizio Grossi |- ! scope="row"| "Life & Larry Brown: Judgement Day" | Larry Brown feat. Bette Smith et al. | 2020 | | Fabrizio Grossi |- |}
==Personal life== Bette Smith lives in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name="times" /> She is a cousin of gospel singer Wintley Phipps.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-musikfest-bette-stuy-brooklynites-plaza-tropical-20160811-story.html | author= Dary Nerl | title= Bette Stuy's business is the 'Neo-Blues' | publisher=The Morning Call | date= 11 August 2016 | accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref>
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