"You and I" is a top 40 single by American soul/R&B vocal group,

Black Ivory Black Ivory is an American R&B group from Harlem, which had a number of hits in the 1970s, including "Don't Turn Around", " You and I", " Time Is Love", and "Will We Ever Come Together". History Early days The group was originally known as th ...

. The song was written by group members

Leroy Burgess Leroy O'Neil Jackson Jr. (born August 20, 1953), known by his stage name Leroy Burgess, is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, recording artist, arranger and record producer. Burgess was a member of Black Ivory and lead vocalist o ...

and Stuart Bascombe and produced and arranged by record producer, Patrick Adams

Song information

Black Ivory's single, "You and I" is a song from their debut album, '' Don't Turn Around''. The song was written by Leroy Burgess and Stuart Bascombe. It was produced and arranged by Patrick Adams. The group recorded the song at Sound Ideas Studio in New York City, and released in February 1972. Larry Blackmon of the R&B/funk band Cameo was a friend of the group and played the drums on the track. The song entered the ''Billboard'' Soul singles chart in late April 1972, spending 6 weeks there and peaking at No.32 on May 20, 1972. The B-side, "Our Future?", was written by Adams and Terry Phillip, and produced by Adams and Black Ivory. The album version of the song clocked in at seven minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

Covers/samples

Rapper Q-Tip sampled the Black Ivory song on his 2008 release, "

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" which was the first single from his album, " The Renaissance", that was nominated for Best Rap Album at the

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in 2010.

Personnel

Black Ivory *

* Stuart Bascombe * Russell Patterson – vocals Additional personnel *Patrick Adams – bass, guitar, piano, organ, drums, celeste, Moog synthesizer, timpani * Larry Blackmon – drums on "You & I" *Gordon Edwards – bass *Harry Lookofsky – concert master Production *Produced by Black Ivory and Patrick Adams *Arraneged and conducted by Adams *Vocal arrangements by Leroy Burgess

References

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External links

"You and I" album version
1972 singles 1972 songs