Saturday, 19 November 2022

Will Wheaton [2022] - The Lady In My Life [Platinum Bass Records]


This forthcoming single from Will Wheaton dropped in the inbox this afternoon and, to be honest, I wasn't expecting too much as it's a cover of Michael Jackson's "Lady In My Life" written by Rod Temperton included on the "Thriller" album (which has been reissued in a 40th Anniversary edition on Friday), it has never been released as a single. In fact only last week another version cropped up on the Bemaji Tillman "Algorhythms" album.

How glad I am that I gave it a listen as this is a classy rendition with shades of Will Downing in his tone, so it may not surprise you to learn that he has written songs for Downing as well as Tevin Campbell, EWF, Anastacia. Dare I say it, I prefer this version to the MJ original.

Will was born in Mississippi and raised in Los Angeles and has a background in gospel. In 1992 he won Dick Clark's USA Music Challenge talent contest and received an MCA recording contract. He has released two albums "Consenting Adultz" (1998) and "Old School Soul" (2005) and has worked extensively as a backing vocalist for the likes of Michael Bolton, Natalie Cole, Coolio, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Luis Miguel, Montel Jordon, Kenny Loggins, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, and Rod Stewart and this year has featured on Michael Bublé's current album "Higher".

The single will be available on all platforms on Monday (21 Nov '22).

Check out his albums by following the links to Spotify above.

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Details
Rating: 8.6
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul / Cover Version
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Platinum Bass Records
Cat No: None
Date: 21/11/2022
Key/BPM: 9A/73
Price: £1
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