The new single from Patrice Isley (posted from promo on 30 Apr) is out today. It's a new rendition
of George Duke's 1979 modern soul classic "I Want You For Myself" on which Lynn Davis performed lead vocals.
The song was suggested to her by producer/keyboardist Gary Hudgens who
was behind her single "Just Believe In Love" the title track from her 2016 debut album. She had worked with
Hudgens previously on House tracks at his Baltimore studio. Patrice also
had a personal connection with Duke and his wife whilst living in L.A.
so she aimed to do the song justice.
Expansion Records suggested using a different instrument for the solo
so Chicago's Audley Reid was recruited to record the saxophone solo. Reid is known for his
work with Phil Perry, Buddy Guy, Kim Fields and others and also features
on Michon Young's new album "Love Is My Lane").
Ms Isley was born in Houston, TX, and began singing from an early age,
although not in the church as with so many soul singers. She relocated to
L.A. where she joined a group that included Nina Simone's daughter, Lisa
Simone, and not long afterwards found herself in the studio with Teddy
Pendergrass singing BGVs. She was soon in demand as a background singer
touring with an A list of artists including Barry White, Gladys Knight, Teddy Pendergrass, Ashford &
Simpson, Norman Connors, Margie Joseph, Chante Moore, Solomon Burke, Andre
Crouch, Phillip Bailey and Glenn Jones to name but a few.
The new single follows two other recent covers, "Free" (Deneice Williams) (Mar '24) and "Harvest For The World" (Isley Brothers although she is no relation to them) (Oct '23). Like
the previous singles, there's the full version and a
radio edit and include the full version.
NOTE: When we receive and post advance promos we 'drop' them with SoulStrutter idents to protect them from piracy. Therefore, we were astonished to hear a DJ play this on a prime daytime radio show/station this week with our idents still in place. It was blatantly downloaded or recorded from our post! Please refrain from doing this as otherwise labels/artists will either stop sending us promos or ask us not to stream sound files and everyone loses out! In future we will only post short samples as a result.
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| Rating: | 8.5 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul / Cover Version |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Expansion Records |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 17/05/2024 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £1 |
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