One of the most wonderful - and sensuous - breakup songs in soul history, in memory of Jerry Ragovoy (aka Norman Meade, 1930-09-04 > 2011-07-13), who cowrote "How can I tell him" with Jacob Brackman. Off Dionne Warwick(e)'s 1975 lp "Then Came You" (recorded 1974). Dixit Ragovoy (as interviewed by Mick Patrick in 2008 for the booklet to Ace UK's "The Jerry Ragovoy Story: Time Is On My Side 1953-2003"): "I sometimes think of the Dionne Warwick album I produced. Every time I hear it, I want to cry. It's the worst group of charts I ever did in my whole life. My arrangements were good but overorchestrated. […] If I could see Dionne, I'd apologize for it. I think it's one of the worst albums I ever made in my whole life. I am still angry with myself." We strongly disagree. As wrote Mick Patrick (ibidem): "Ragovoy's negative hindsight notwithstanding, the […] album is regarded by many as one of Warwick's best." Its sleeve, however …
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