Other versions include those by The Walker Brothers, Charity Brown, David Essex, Ruby Turner, Rebecca Wheatley, Janis Joplin, Bobby Hatfield, Robin Lee, Genya Ravan, Terry Reid, Steve Marriott, Long John Baldry, Sharon Tandy, Les Fleur de Lys, Natalie Cole, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dan McCafferty, Kiki Dee, Shirley Brown, Samantha Rose, Sam Brown, Phil Seymour, Trine Rein, Whitesnake, Ronnie Montrose, Duffy, Mary J. "Stay With Me" has been covered by numerous musicians, including Bette Midler, in the film The Rose.
I asked Warner Brothers to rush me a copy as soon as theycould, and I raced home and also thrust it on to the record player with urgency and delight.' Cover versions When I heard that Cilla and Lulu were also raving, that was it. It was one of the most incredible records I've ever heard, and I raved, Maurice raved, even the man there from the BBC World Service raved. Seconds later I was listening to a full-blooded, screaming, beautiful, agonised, ecstatic, sobbing, sexual, soaring performance of a song that prickled the hairs at the nape of the neck.
'The first time I met Maurice he was carrying an old single by Lorraine Ellison, “Stay With Me Baby”, which he thrust on to the record player with urgency and delight. In the Decemissue of New Musical Express, Alan Smith described being introduced to the song by Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees: I didn't think he could top his creativity with Garnet Mimms, the Enchanters and Howard Tate, but this is the ultimate!" Al said he hasn't heard anything this good in three years' I congratulate producer and writer Jerry Ragavoy. Fat Daddy and the entire staff at WCHB, Detroit, say that the new Lorraine Ellison on WB, "Stay With Me," is the "R & B record of the year." Al Jefferson of WWIN says, "This is a new concept and a new dimension in SOUL. In their Novemissue, New Musical Express published, 'It's almost impossible to convey the depth of feeling, emotion and sensitivity expressed by Lorraine Ellison in the dramatic ballad "Stay With Me" (Warner).' The track has appeared on numerous compilation albums over the years, but 2006's Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Her follow-up single was "Heart Be Still", a minor hit in 1967. Billboard R&B chart on October 15, 1966, and reached No. "Stay with Me" was issued as a single on the Warner record label. Years later, Joey Ramone said of her performance, "I woulda stayed." Described as 'possibly the best female vocal ever', "Stay with Me" is recognized for Ellison's impassioned vocals, which rise to a sonic and emotional crescendo with each chorus. The recording was engineered by Phil Ramone.
Ragovoy and arranger Garry Sherman worked up an orchestral arrangement of the song, and called Ellison into the studio to record it live with the orchestra. Records asked Ragovoy, with two days' notice, to take over the session at no cost. With a 46-piece orchestra already hired, Warner Bros. It was first recorded in 1966 by Lorraine Ellison, and produced by Ragovoy.Įllison recorded "Stay with Me" at a last-minute booking, following a studio cancellation by Frank Sinatra. " Stay with Me" (often credited as " Stay with Me Baby") is a soul song co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss.
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