Lyndell sang in
gospel churches as a child; though she was
white, she sang in both white and black churches, and eventually began singing with
R&B groups as a teenager.
[1] In the 1960s she sang as a support act with
James Brown and
Ike & Tina Turner, and in 1967
Atlanta disc jockey Dave Crawford introduced her to
Stax Records producers
Isaac Hayes and
David Porter. They recorded her first single, "Bring Your Love Back to Me", in December 1967 and released it on
Volt Records, but the song did not become a hit. In 1968 she did a second session, cutting the tune "What a Man"; this song reached No. 50 on the
Billboard R&B charts.
[2] In response to the release of her single, she received threats from
white supremacist groups such as the
Ku Klux Klan, and retired from performance soon after.
[1][3] She remained out of music and lived in Gainesville for the next 25 years. Linda recorded songs at Fuller Studios in Tampa, Florida, in the sixties with Gene Middleton and the Sole Survivors.