J.R. Bailey gave us some very wonderful, yet very unsung songs. For instance...
There's this tremendously beautiful, yet horribly neglected ballad, J.R. Bailey's "All Strung Out Over You"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Leg...hJw&playnext=1
One hell of a song & it should've been MONSTROUS!!!
Here's another great ballad from 1974...
"You Pass My Love Like A Moving Train"
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=2aG5...eature=related
"Alone In The Morning"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=y--m...eature=related
"Not Too Long Ago"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=YyEo...eature=related
"Everything I Want I See In You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=aukO...eature=related
"She Called Me"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=0T8b...eature=related
The mellow "The Eyes Don't Know The Feeling" from 1976...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3-cTrHMkys
"That's Love" from 1977's "Love & Conversation" LP...
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ZlFg...eature=related
His dance cut "Too Late" wasn't too bad either...
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=iaTF...eature=related
Here's one that I never heard before, a 1982 cover of Al Green's "I'm Still In Love With You" [[I could do without all of the electronics)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc9TgyRgOO0
And a couple of his charters...
"Love Won't Wear Off", a great memory from Thanksgiving/Christmas of 1968 & the first time I became aware of J.R., being totally unaware of his DooWop past. Hey, I was only 8...
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=WB_6...eature=related
The hypnotically beautiful "Love, Love, Love". This version is far & away my favorite...
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=dNJ2...eature=related
J.R. had one hell of a voice & how solo stardom escaped his grasp, I'll never know!
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