'Stay with Me' by Lorraine Ellison
2 December 2022
Once again I am indebted to Jess Gillam’s podcast ‘This Classical Life’ for drawing my attention to an artist I hadn’t come across before. Lorraine Ellison was an American soul singer and songwriter who died in 1983 at the age of 51. I have been listening to her 1969 album ‘Stay with Me’. The title-track is her best known recording but was only made at a last-minute booking, following a studio cancellation by Frank Sinatra, for whom a 46-piece orchestra had already been hired. The song is only three and half minutes long but feels like an epic - incredibly theatrical with a soaring chorus that punches you in the face. Lorraine Ellison’s voice is powerful and pure, bringing her experience of singing in gospel groups to R&B. ‘You Don’t Know Nothing About Love’ shows off her brilliant high register and she deserves comparison with Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick. Listen for yourself at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDBuPK0_DU
posted by Robin Simpson @ 4:15 pm
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