Checking 45cat for Zeke Strong and Carl Underwood I counted no less than six distinct releases of this song - Every Woman Has The Right... . The earliest dates to 1961. The most recent is possibly this one, which, purely by the Kujinga label design and colour, I’m guessing was released maybe in the late 60s or early 70s. (It was certainly released later than 1965 because Operation Bootstrap which is credited on the label was not started until very late in 1965. You can read more about Operation Bootstrap here. Many businesses were started under the Operation Bootstrap umbrella and it is noted that at least one fashion business had a Swahili name. The label name here - Kujinga - is very close in spelling to the Swahili word kujenga, which means to build (the game name Jenga is derived from this word). Kujinga itself is a word in Kimbundu, a Bantu language spoken in Angola, which means to turn or spin. Either meaning - build or spin - could make sense as the label name).
Zeke recorded this song (presumably with him providing the male vocal) with female vocals provided by, in turn, Geneva, Wanda Richardson, Dealia Copeland, Juanita Strong, and Patricia Brew. And there was also this release where Carl Underwood is credited on vocals alongside Dealia Copeland. The versions (all slightly different I believe) were released on a bunch of different labels all started by Zeke himself – Swingin’, Prowlin’, Safe!, Progress, Merging, and Kujinga.
All I can say is Zeke Strong really liked this song!
Carl Underwood and Dealia Copeland –Every Woman Has A Right (To Change Her Mind) 1971?
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