Lani Hall - Love song

Lani Hall's song Love song. Written by Lesley Duncan, from the album Sun Down Lady. Released 1972 on A&M. Lani Hall was a member of Sergio Mendes Brazil '66, and this album was her solo debut. The album is arranged and produced by Herb Alpert, but no cheesyness, only top soulful folk.

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• duncan
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• folk
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[mlpond4]

The song is originally written by Bernie Taupin n sung by Elton John,fyi.

[zoodden]

@mlpond4 Are you people stupid? it WAS written by Lesley Duncan!

[mollercp1]

Um, I think this is an Elton John, Bernie Taupin song.

[zoodden]

@mollercp1 Um, no! It's Lesley Duncan!

[recovering16]

@zoodden Yes, it's an Elton John song (from Tumbleweed Connection), and Lesley Duncan wrote it (and has her own version), but this is Lani Hall, formerly of Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66, where she met her future husband, Herb Alpert, who sings background here. I just love her voice and the great Latin rhythm arrangement of this favorite song of mine.

[zoodden]

@recovering16 I don't really know what you wanna say with this? I know Lesley wrote it for Elton John, but it doesn't mean it's an Elton John/Bernie Taupin song, like people tend to think!

Are you sure it's Lani Hall? May i have uploaded the wrong version, haven't i wrote Lani Hall?

[itkapatanka]

a song that Burt Bacharach once said he'd wish he'd written..!

[djpaydro]

very beautiful voice!

[mlpond4]

@TheGreenDragon99 thanks for the correction

[mlpond4]

@zoodden sorry my mistake.

[itkapatanka]

@TheGreenDragon99 yes I heard him say this on an interview of KPFK radio a few years ago. This song is included in his demo to this day, the only one not written by him.

[TheGreenDragon99]

@mlpond4 See below. The song is by Lesley Duncan. Yes, Elton John was one of the first singers to cover it, but it was one of the very few songs he recorded not written for him or by Bernie Taupin.

Elton John played keyboards on Lesley's first album, Sing Children Sing, and she sometimes sang as his backing vocalist -- including duetting with him on the live version of this song at the RFH in 1974.

[TheGreenDragon99]

@itkapatanka Wonderful if true -- do you have a source for this? ;)

[TheGreenDragon99]

@zoodden Nope, Lesley Duncan didn't write it for Elton John; she wrote it as a quick b-side to her 1969 single "A Road to Nowhere" (Goffin/King), and also released it as an a-side in the States (1970). She then re-recorded it for her first album "Sing Children Sing" (1971). It's since been recorded by over 160 different artists including, probably most recently, a strange version by Marianne Faithfull.

[sublimedog]

thank you for posting this love it

[A1441]

@TheChristianAtheist Oh yes, LANI HALL recorded that song. It's included in her CLASSICS album. It's slower but nevertheless sang beautifully by this vocally gifted woman.

[blackandtanful]

ﾅｲｽ･ｾﾙﾒﾝ･ｳｰﾏﾝ､ﾗﾆｰ･ﾎｰﾙ～～隠れ才女ﾚｽﾘ­ｰ･ﾀﾞﾝｶﾝ作の清らかな”LOVE　SONG”でしたﾈ!

[zipthelite]

What a fantastic ,sums -it -all- up song ;

'Love is the key we must turn , and truth is the flame we must burn. Freedom the lesson we must learn... do you know what I mean..?

Have your eyes ever seen ?

Love is the opening door

Love is what we came here for'

Absolutely beautiful .