Lady Love (Lou Rawls song)

"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
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, 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.

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