Soul Serenade (King Curtis song)

"Soul Serenade" is a jazz instrumental written by King Curtis (Curtis Ousley) and Luther Dixon. Curtis played the lead on a B-flat saxello, a version of the soprano sax. The song was released on Curtis' 1964 album "Soul Serenade".

Charts

Cover versions

• Aretha Franklin on I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
• Willie Mitchell, backed by Cannonball Adderley's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"; It peaked at #43 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1968.
• The Allman Brothers Band, woven into a performance of Willie Cobbs' "You Don't Love Me" during a concert, "Live from A&R Studios", held in Manhattan on August 26, 1971, and broadcast by WPLJ-FM. The song was released on the band's Dreams compilation in 1989.
• The Derek Trucks Band on Soul Serenade (2003) and Songlines Live (DVD, 2006)
• Gloria Lynne
• Maxine Brown
• David Sanborn
• Jeff Golub

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