Just about the best deep soul record of the 60's [[of all time) was by LORRAINE ELLISON -- Stay With Me ... Warner Bros.
It's a very slow intense record with powerful [[overpowering) gospel styled vocals.
Jerry Ragavoy had booked Lorraine into one studio, next door a session was scheduled for Frank Sinatra. Frank failed to show & the studio execs went to Jerry R and said all these guys are here & have nothing to do, you use em.
What transpired was just pure class.
It was instantly declared a masterpiece when released in the UK in 66 -- a 45 every Brit soul fan just had to own. It remained so popular here [[the UK), that WB repressed & re-released the track on 45 in 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975 & yet again in 1981.
The BBC had a weekly radio show were musicians / singers / celebrities picked their fave 10 records of all time. After a few weeks of the run [[during which just about everyone on the show included Lorraine's track), the BBC execs banned anyone else from selecting the song ... BIAS OR WHAT.
Cover versions were recorded by the likes of the Walker Brothers [[a UK hit in 67), Charity Brown, David Essex [[a UK hit in 78), Ruby Turner [[a UK hit in 94), Rebecca Wheatley [[a UK hit in 2000), Janis Joplin, Bobby Hatfield, Robin Lee, Genya Ravan, Terry Reid, Steve Marriott, Long John Baldry, Sharon Tandy, Natalie Cole, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dan McCafferty, Kiki Dee, Shirley Brown, Samantha Rose, Sam Brown, Phil Seymour, Whitesnake, Ronnie Montrose, Duffy, Mary J. Blige, Melissa Etheridge, Bette Midler, etc.
Some of those versions made the UK pop singles chart but the highest Lorraine's effort got here [[pop) was #56 in 1975 and #82 in 1995.
. . . . MY QUESTION ...
The track is just a gospel styled tour de force ....
BUT have any gospel versions of the song ever been cut & released ...
IF SO, the details please.