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William Bell (né Yarbrough; born July 16, 1939) [1] is an American soul singer and songwriter. As a performer, he is best known for his debut single, 1961's "You Don't Miss Your Water"; 1968's top 10 hit in the UK "Private Number", a duet with Judy Clay; and his only US top 40 hit, 1976's "Tryin' to Love Two", which also hit No. 1 on the R&B chart.
"Private Number" is a song recorded by American soul singers Judy Clay and William Bell (1968). In the US, it was released as a single, where it peaked at number 17 on the Best Selling Rhythm and Blues chart and number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] Outside the US, "Private Number" went to number eight in the United Kingdom.
The song was written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones, and originally performed by Bell as a soul ballad titled "I Forgot to Be Your Lover". It was released in late 1968 and hitting No. 45 on the Hot 100 and No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart in early 1969.
Bell recorded the song upon returning to Memphis, believing that he was making a demo. However, the recording was released as the B-side of the lesser known Bell single "Formula of Love". It was only after DJ 's flipped the record over and began playing the B-side instead of the A-side that sales started to pick up.
Watson told William Hart that he knew a young arranger/producer for Cameo-Parkway Records named Thom Bell, who was at the time working with Chubby Checker. Watson thereafter introduced the group to Bell. William Hart recalls that the first song he presented to Bell was an original composition of his entitled "He Don't Really Love You". [3]
Judy Clay (September 12, 1938 – July 19, 2001) [1] was an American soul and gospel singer, who achieved greatest success as a member of two recording duos in the 1960s. Life [ edit ]
In November 2009, Motown Records released I Want You Back!Unreleased Masters, a selection of unreleased tracks by the Jackson 5. [3] It coincided with the 40th anniversary of their debut single on the label ("I Want You Back" b/w "Who's Lovin' You"), [4] and closely followed the release of the documentary–concert film Michael Jackson's This Is It. [5]
WEA (now the Warner Music Group) had acquired the entire Smiths back catalogue in early 1992.Along with the re-release of the eight original albums (the four studio albums, the Rank live album and the three compilation albums issued while the band were still active), they immediately set to work compiling a 'best of' collection in two volumes.