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"
ReleasedJanuary 1978
Studio Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]
Genre
Length3:41
Label Philadelphia 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.

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