Libby Titus

Elizabeth Titus (nee Jurist; born July 6, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter. Early life Titus was born in Woodstock, New York. Her studies at Bard College in upstate New York were cut short by pregnancy and marriage at the age of 21. Career In 1968, Titus released Libby Titus, an album of folk-rock and pop covers, on Hot Biscuit. She continued her career, providing backing vocals for Martin Mull's debut album Martin Mull (1972), among others. At the same time she was developing her songwriting skills. Her second album, confusingly also called Libby Titus, had four high-profile producers, Phil Ramone, Robbie Robertson, Paul Simon, and Carly Simon; the last also contributed to the songwriting. The album was released by Columbia in 1977. It contained four songs co-written by Titus, including the one for which she is best known, "Love Has No Pride", which she wrote with Eric Kaz. It had already been recorded several times – most notably by Bonnie Raitt on Give It Up (1972) and Linda Ronstadt on Don't Cry Now (1973), as well as by Daryl Braithwaite whose version was a top 5 hit in Australia in early 1977.