The second 7" vinyl release from Soul4Real is from Birmingham, AL,
singer/songwriter Frederick Knight. As a recording artist,
Knight had a modest career and will be best known, or perhaps only
known, for "Ive Been Lonely For So Long" on Stax which peaked at #8
R&B and crossed over to #27 Hot 100 and also made it to #22 UK pop
chart in 1972. The song, written by Knight's wife, Posie, and Jerry Weaver, was actually recorded a
year before his hit version by Rita & The Soulettes which was a
reggae version which isn't surprising when you learn that Rita is Rita
Marley, the wife of Bob.
Only two more of Knight's solo efforts made it into the R&B
chart, the excellent "I Betcha Didn't Know That" (also recorded by Ben
E. King) in 1975 and his version of "The Old Songs" which was a
pop hit for Barry Manilow in 1981. He did of course release much more
material, around 20 plus singles and four albums.
He is more celebrated as a songwriter and wrote Anita Ward's #1
worldwide disco hit "Ring My Bell" in 1979. When Stax folded in
1975, Knight set up his own label, Juana, whose main artists were The
Controllers, Anita Ward, Tommy Tate, CL Blast and Knight
himself.
Curiously, we mentioned Mary Gresham in the previous post for the
other Soul4Real release by Annette Snell as she co-wrote
"Promises Should Never Be Broken" recorded by Snell with her brother
Jimmy Gresham. She also recorded a song with the same title i.e.
"You've Never Really Lived" but it's a different song. The song was
previously issued on a CD compilation "Birmingham Sound: The Soul Of Neal Hemphill, Vol. 1" in 2006
The flip side is "How, When Or Where" a previously unreleased
song until released on the second volume of "Birmingham Sound: The Soul Of Neal Hemphill, Vol. 2" also in 2006.
Thanks for the corrections left in comment by s13.
The single is available to pre-order via Paypal for release on 14
Apr '23
€15 + postage (1-5 copies) €3 Spain, €6.90 UK & Europe €10.45
USA & rest of the world
soul4realrecordlabel@gmail.com
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Southern Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" Vinyl |
| Label: | Soul4Real |
| Cat No: | S4R28 |
| Date: | 14/04/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | €15 |
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And what about these recordings: 2 nuggets!!!
ReplyDeleteSoul as I love.
Thanks to our Spanish friends.
Yves
re: I've Been Lonely For So Long
ReplyDeleteFred's wife, Posie Knight, co-wrote the song with Weaver actually.
and ...
the flip was already released on Volume 2 of Birmingham Sound.
Thanks for the corrections ... now updated.
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