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Track: Tell Him
Artist: Patti Drew
Album: Workin' On A Groovy Thing....The Best Of

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Name: Patti Drew
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American soul singer and songwriter who achieved modest chart success in the late 1960's with [l654]. Born December 29, 1944, in Charleston, South Carolina, died June 18, 2025. Drew then grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and later moved with her family to the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois. During her teens, she attended Evanston High and sang with her mother and sisters in church. Her mother was a domestic worker whose employer, Maury Lathowers, was the regional promoter for [l654]. She invited Lathowers to come to her church to hear her daughters sing and, impressed, he invited them to his home for an audition and got the group a deal with Capitol, signing the group as the [a1643442]. They first recorded Tell Him which was written by [a690056] (and not to be confused with [Link] by [a191323]). The single release was a local hit and scraped the lower echelons of the national charts. Drew signed as a solo artist to [l=Quill Records] in 1966 and soon after moved up to [l=Capitol], issuing a new recording of Tell Him as her first single. It was a modest success and was the first of 3 charting singles. She released 3 albums before leaving the industry in 1971, though she resurfaced with a release on Carl Davis and E. Rodney Jones' [l70731] in 1975. During the 1980s, she reunited with Carlton Black in the group Front Line and performed around the Evanston area. She had made a comeback since.

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Release: Patti Drew - Tell Him
Year: 1967
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul, Rhythm & Blues

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LYRICS

If you ever see the boy for me
Tell him that I love him
Tell him that I care
If he ever needs me
Tell him I'll be there

It happened the other night
We argued but we didn't fight
He grabbed his bag and slammed the door
He hasn't been a-back here no more

If an' how you can see my man
Tell him that I need him
Tell him he was right
Tell him that I miss him
Oooh, each and every night

I didn't mean a word I said
Tell him I was wrong
And yes, if he'll just listen
Tell him to come back where he belongs

If you ever find that love of mine
Tell him to forgive me
Tell him don't be mean
I didn't mean to start it
I wish it was all just dream

Tell him
Tell him
Oh, how much I love
Oh, how much I need him
How much I love him.......FADE