Lady Love (Lou Rawls song)
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| "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] | |||
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| 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.
