Raquel [2022] - I Really Love You [La Cima Music]

I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone actually covered The Ambassadors "I Really Love" since samples of it have been used on many songs in the last year or so, probably best know for Morgan Munroe's "Mutual" a few months back. Well here it is, purists look away now!

The song was written by Arctic label owner Jimmy Bishop and Kenny Gamble and recorded by The Ambassadors in 1969 on Arctic which was their only hit reaching #43 on the R&B chart. They released one album "Soul Summit" also on Arctic which included the song as well as a few others which have been played on the Northern soul scene over the years. The original album is a bit of a collector's item fetching up to £500. Three of the members (Herley Johnson Jr., Orlando Oliphant and Robert Todd) later joined up with Jennifer Holmes from The Ebonys to form Creme D'Cocoa who released two albums in the late 70s on Venture Records co-owned by Toy Camillo.

Dee Dee Sharp (Kenny Gamble's future wife) recorded it first in 1965 on Cameo and had a slightly bigger hit with it reaching #37 R&B and #78 Hot 100. SecondHandSongs incorrectly includes The Cavaliers' 1967 song "I Really Love You" as a cover, which has writers credits as Stephen & Bishop (but don't think it's Jimmy Bishop) but it is a different song.

The song has been re-recorded by Mexican/American  Raquel Ramirez from California and released today (23 Sep 2022) and is more akin to the Dee Dee Sharp 1965 version

It's her second single having released another cover of The Marvelettes "Please Mr Postman" in August.

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Details

Rating:	7.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Retro Soul / Cover Version
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	23/09/2022
Key/BPM:	11A/90
Price:	£1

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