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Lady Love (Lou Rawls song)

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"Lady Love"
Single by Lou Rawls
from the album When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All
B-side"Not the Staying Kind"
ReleasedJanuary 1978
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
Genre
Length3:41
LabelPhiladelphia International Records
Songwriter(s)Yvonne Gray, Sherman Marshall
Producer(s)Yvonne and Jack Faith
Lou Rawls singles chronology
"See You When I Git There"
(1977)
"Lady Love"
(1978)
"One Life to Live"
(1978)

"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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 483.
  4. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, February 25, 1978
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 200.