"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
Genre
Length3:41
LabelPhiladelphia International Records
Songwriter(s)Yvonne Gray, Sherman Marshall
Producer(s)Yvonne and Jack Faith

"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,[1] 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.[2]

On the Canadian[3] and U.S. Adult Contemporary charts, "Lady Love" peaked at No. 5.[4] The song is an airplay staple today on adult standards and smooth jazz radio stations.

Personnel

  • 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

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


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