[3] An initial single failed, but her second Vee-Jay release, a cover version of "You're No Good" (written by Clint Ballard Jr. and later a No.

After an unsuccessful year with ABC, a move to Uni brought major success in 1969 with "There'll Come a Time",[3] co-written by producer and lead singer of The Chi-Lites, Eugene Record.

The 1975 album Happy Endings had arrangements by Gene Page and includes a cover of "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys.

[2] Until her death, Everett resided with her sister in South Beloit, Illinois, where she was involved in the Rhythm & Blues Foundation and the churches of the Fountain of Life and New Covenant.

Under the direction of Steve Arvey and Scott Pollack, former chairman of the Chicago Songwriters Association, the firm started work on reviving Everett's singing career.

In connection to the preceding events, Everett was booked and aired a 20-minute appearance on the hit TV show at the time, Current Affair.

[5] Later that year, two concerts were booked for consecutive weekends in late October 1991; one at Trump's Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, the other at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

She was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1996[6] and, about four years later, made her last public appearance on the PBS special Doo Wop 51,[7] along with her former singing partner, Jerry Butler.