Welcome to the regular Reminiscings of Youth entry for this Thursday, and for that matter, welcome to "Kayo Kyoku Plus", singer and musician George Benson. I know that Benson has come up with great songs such as his rendition of "This Masquerade" and "Give Me The Night" but whenever I hear his name, the first song that usually comes to mind is "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", a July 1983 single.
Even before I finally found out the title and the man behind the golden vocals, I used to enjoy hearing this on heavy rotation on AM radio (always loved the intro). It was just so cheerful and it was using all those instruments that I got to realize were my favourites when it came to the genres of R&B and jazz and AOR. I could easily place "Lady Love Me" with a lot of the songs that acts such as Al Jarreau and The Manhattan Transfer were doing at around the same time.
"Lady Love Me" was created by two associates from the band TOTO, David Paich (who was on keyboards) and James Newton Howard, the latter of whom would also make famous soundtracks including those for "The Dark Knight" trilogy. On the US Billboard Top 100, it would peak at No. 30 while it hit No. 6 on Canada's RPM Adult Contemporary chart. The single was also a track on Benson's 1983 album "In Your Eyes".
Now, what was at the top of the July 1983 chart on Oricon?
1. Hiroko Yakushimaru -- Tantei Monogatari (探偵物語）
2. Tomoyo Harada -- Toki wo Kakeru Shojo （時をかける少女）
3. Akina Nakamori -- Twilight - Yugure Dayori （トワイライト -夕暮れ便り-）
I love that George Benson was featured in a ROY. I also love that his songs are sampled in City Pop staples like Mayonaka no Joke and Puzzle. I may have a bias since I was named after one of his songs.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post. ♥
My pleasure, Driselle. I will cover some of those other Benson songs in future ROYs.
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