David Simmons [1979] - All I Want To Do (Is Make A Little Love To You) [Fantasy WMOT #F-9588]

A 'forgotten' classic picked up from GVB's radio show yesterday. It was written by Butch Ingram who is still active and releasing material on his Society Hill label, so if Butch, or anyone who knows him, sees this then ask him to re-record it as it's an absolute gem! In fact I've just noticed that David Simmons released a couple of albums ("Love Tonight" & "Smother Me") on Society Hill only in 2015, but unfortunately this track is not on either.

"All I Want To Do (Is Make A Little Love To You)" was issued as a single but it's a short edit of the full album track on "The World Belongs To Me" released in 1979 and later reissued on CD by Expansion in 2011.

David Simmons was school friends with Bunny Sigler and was in The Exzels with him. He later formed Neo Experience in 1975 which included Vera Brown (who would later join The Richie Family) and Vincent Unto (Millionaires "You've Got To Love Your Baby" on Castle who later became Executive Suite). They recorded two singles on Sahara in the mid 70s including the in-demand tune "Human" and "(Eternal) Sunshine".

Whilst a superb singer, unfortunately, as he sounded similar to Teddy Pendergrass, he seemed to get overlooked as I can't find any of his singles entering even the US R&B chart.

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Details

Rating:	9.5
Genre/Style:	Classic Soul
Format:	Album Track / Single
Media:	LP / 7"
Label:	Fantasy WMOT
Cat No:	F-9588 / 885
Date:	1979
Key/BPM:	N/A
Value:	£10/£15 approx.