Since I Lost My Baby

"Since I Lost My Baby" is a 1965 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown Records' Gordy label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on which it peaked at number 17. On Billboard's R&B singles chart, "Since I Lost My Baby" peaked at number four.

Longing and melancholy, "Since I Lost My Baby" tells a story about the pain of losing a lover. Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, portrays the song's narrator, bass singer Melvin Franklin is also heard out front after each of Ruffin's first two lines on the first verse. It was Ruffin's third straight lead on a Temptations single.

Personnel

Charts: The Temptations

Cover versions

The Action released their George Martin-produced version in 1966. Luther Vandross covered the song for his 1982 album Forever, For Always, For Love. In 1983, Vandross' cover was a top twenty R&B hit, peaking to #17 on Billboards Hot R&B Singles chart. In 2005, Angie Stone re-recorded it for the Vandross tribute album So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross. Also in 2005, Rhino released the only official recording of the band Legion of Mary, fronted by Jerry Garcia, containing an instrumental version from a May 22, 1975 concert. On Michael McDonald's 2003 album, Motown (the first of 2 albums of Motown cover songs), the song was covered as well. Engelbert Humperdinck and Cliff Richard recorded a duet of the song for Humperdinck's 2014 album of duets, Engelbert Calling.

My Baby

My Baby may refer to:

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Touch Me in the Morning (album)

Touch Me in the Morning is a 1973 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown Records. It reached #5 in the USA (#1 R&B) and sold over 650,000 copies.

Reception

The album spawned the hit title track, which became Diana Ross' second #1 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and helped the album peak at #5 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart.

In the UK the title track and "All of my life" were both Top Ten singles, and the album reached #7 and was certified Gold for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.

It includes the first tracks Diana would personally produce on one of her albums, "Imagine" and "Medley: Brown Baby/Save the Children". Several cuts here, including the closing Medley and "My Baby (My Baby, My Own)" were originally intended for the abandoned To the Baby album Diana also worked on in this period. The production was clean and uncluttered, if slightly, unadventurous and straight forward. Diana would also begin working with her brother/songwriter, Arthur "T-Boy" Ross during these sessions as he co-wrote songs she would eventually record and release.

My Baby (Kállay Saunders song)

"My Baby" is a single by Hungarian artist Kállay Saunders. It was released as a single 8 August 2012 for digital download in the Hungary. My Baby was a top contender for the Hungarian Eurovision A Dal qualifiers.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "My Baby" was first released digitally on 8 February 2013 at a total length of two minutes and fifty nine seconds.

Eurovision A Dal

My Baby was a top contender for Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, ending up as the runner-up in the Hungarian qualifiers.

Chart performance

"My Baby" debuted at number 3 on the Hungarian charts on 4 November 2012. The song peaked the MAHASZ Top 40 Radio Charts at number one.

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