Lady Love (Lou Rawls song)

"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]

"Lady Love"
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	R&B jazz disco Philadelphia soul
Length	3:41
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)

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

• 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