A song that has long been a 'guilty secret' of mine is "How Long" written by Paul Carrack and recorded by his Sheffield group Ace as their first single which reached #20 on the UK pop chart in 1974. Ace released a further three singles but none charted and disbanded in 1977.
Carrack later became a member of Roxy Music from 1978-81 (he played keys on "Manifesto", Flesh & Blood" and "Avalon") and then replaced Jools Holland in Squeeze in 1981 playing on their "East Side Story" album but left soon after for a solo career and was also in-demand for session work. He became a member of Mike & The Mechanics, Mike being Mike Rutherford of Genesis.
The song has been covered by a few soul artists including by Danny
Williams (1975) Bobby Womack (1976), the recently departed J.J. Barnes
(1977), Yazz & Aswad (1993) and Billy Valentine (2017) (who is currently receiving loads of airplay with his cover of "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" posted on day of release).
Don't scoff, but Donny Osmond also recorded a credible version in 2007,
along with several other less memorable covers of the song by many other artists.
A new version came out last week (13 Jan '23) by Papik
featuring Dutch singer Lo van Gorp (who has featured on Liquid Spirits recordings) & Sea Breeze. Papik is a Nu-Jazz project which is the brainchild of Italian producer Nerio Poggi.
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| Rating: | 7.9 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul / Cover Version |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Irma Records |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 13/01/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | 4A/105 |
| Price: | £1 |
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