| Lady Love | |
| Cover: | Lady_Love_-_Lou_Rawls.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lou Rawls |
| 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] |
| Length: | 3:41 |
| Label: | Philadelphia International Records |
| Producer: | Yvonne and Jack Faith |
| Prev Title: | See You When I Git There |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | One Life to Live |
| Next Year: | 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.
. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 483.
. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 200.
