Lady Love (Lou Rawls song)
| "Lady Love" | ||||
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| Single by Lou Rawls | ||||
| from the album When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All | ||||
| B-side | "Not the Staying Kind" | |||
| Released | January 1978 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Philadelphia International Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Yvonne Gray, Sherman Marshall | |||
| Producer(s) | Yvonne and Jack Faith | |||
| Lou Rawls singles chronology | ||||
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"Lady Love" is a pop song written by Yvonne Gray alias Vonghn Gray. The sheet music has the songwriter as Von Gray the sole writer, however; the strings were the arrangement of Belford Hendricks. The Producers were Von Gray and Jack Faith. It became a hit single cut from Lou Rawls' 1977 album When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All. It was released as a single in January 1978 and peaked at No. 13 in Canada,[2] No. 21 on Australia's Kent Music Report, No. 24 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, No. 20 on Cash Box, and went to No. 21 on the R&B chart.[3]
On the Canadian[4] and U.S. Adult Contemporary charts, "Lady Love" peaked at No. 5.[5] The song is an airplay staple today on adult standards and smooth jazz radio stations.
Personnel
[edit]- Lou Rawls – Vocals
- Barbara Ingram, Yvonne Gray, Carla Benton, Yvette Benson – backing vocals
- Charles Collins – drums
- Michael "Sugarbear" Foreman – bass
- Dennis Harris – guitar
- Edward Green, Von Gray, Leon Huff – keyboards
- Davis Cruse – bongos
- Don Renaldo – strings, horns
References
[edit]- ^ Cogan, Jim; Clark, William (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. San Francisco, United States: Chronicle Books. pp. 151–163. ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". 17 July 2013.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 483.
- ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, February 25, 1978
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 200.
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