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Soul Serenade (King Curtis song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Soul Serenade'" is a jazz instrumental written by King Curtis (Curtis Ousley) and Luther Dixon. Curtis played the lead on a B-flat saxello, a version of the alto sax.[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/luther-dixon-songwriter-and-producer-f6f5kngsthq 'Luther Dixon: songwriter and producer' "...together they wrote Soul Serenade, which Curtis performed on a B-flat soprano saxophone called a saxello"] The song was released on Curtis' 1964 album "Soul Serenade".
Cover versions
*Aretha Franklin on 'I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You' (1967)
*Willie Mitchell, backed by Cannonball Adderley's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"; It peaked at #43 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1968.
*The Allman Brothers Band, woven into a performance of Willie Cobbs' "You Don't Love Me" during a concert, "Live from A&R Studios", held in Manhattan on August 26, 1971, and broadcast by WPLJ-FM. The song was released on the band's 'Dreams' compilation in 1989.
*The Derek Trucks Band
*Gloria Lynne
*Maxine Brown
*David Sanborn
*Jeff Golub
References
Category:1968 singles
Category:1968 songs
Category:1964 songs
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Songs written by Luther Dixon
Category:Hi Records singles
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