First appearance by Colleen Dewhurst as Avery Brown, Murphy's mother.
The show features Billie Holiday's version of "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues".
The title is from the song of the same name performed by The Shirelles and reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961.
Murphy brags about sitting next to William "Smokey" Robinson, yet when you first see her, she is singing "Shotgun" by Robinson's label mates, Junior Walker and the All-Stars.