Love Is In The Air: Lady



February 17, 2020



Month-long celebration of Love featuring Love Songs from the 70’s, and we are half-way through the month!

You are more than welcome to join in the fun, all you need to do is include a link to your post in the comments so that everyone can visit. The more the merrier :)  Your songs do not need to be from the 70’s, but they do need to be Love Songs.

Alright! Let’s get this party started! Fill up those waterbeds, break out the black lights and disco balls and let’s have some fun!

The song for today -

Lady by Styx


Wikipedia tells us about this song:

"Lady" is a 1973 song written and performed by the rock band Styx. It was first released on Styx II and was a local hit in the band's native Chicago, but initially failed to chart nationally. The song gained success shortly after Styx left Wooden Nickel Records to move to A&M Records in 1974 as it began picking up airplay nationwide, eventually peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1975. The power ballad was later re-recorded for the 1995 Styx compilation Greatest Hits due to a contractual dispute between A&M and Wooden Nickel.

"Lady" was written by Dennis DeYoung for his wife, Suzanne Feusi, the first song he ever wrote for her. DeYoung recounted to Contemporary Keyboard magazine for the January 1981 issue that the first time he ever played acoustic piano was when the band arrived at the recording studio to record "Lady" and saw the piano in the studio; DeYoung had written the song on an electric piano, but decided to try it out on the piano instead, and liked the sound so much that he switched to the piano for the recorded version. It didn't get much promotion and went nowhere until a DJ named Jeff Davis on WLS in Chicago rediscovered the song when he heard it on a jukebox at a pizza place on the north side of Chicago. Determined to make it a hit, Davis convinced management to let him play the song on his Saturday Night show, which had an audience in 38 states and a few foreign countries. The song became a major hit on the station, spending two weeks at #2 on the WLS survey and was ranked as the 29th biggest hit of 1975 on their year-end countdown.
This is the only song from the band's four Wooden Nickel-era albums that is still performed live; all other material from those years has been long disowned by the band. Former lead singer Dennis DeYoung also performs the song regularly on his solo tours.




Won’t you join me in this fun month-long theme? Again, all you need to do is post your link in the comments.


Today’s post is also part of the Monday’s Music Moves Me blog hop, hosted by X-Mas Dolly, and co-hosted by JAmerican Spice, Stacy Uncorked, Curious as a Cathy. , and Ramblin with AM. Be sure to stop by the hosts and visit the other participants.  If you have a MUSIC* post, feel free to join in the fun! *sorry non-music posts are not permitted in this blog hop.







Comments

  1. I love Styx, I love Dennis DeYoung, and I really love this song.

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  2. I have never heard this song live and enjoyed it. I tend to ignore the 70's but some really good songs came out of it, including this one.

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  3. Such a very classic song. Thanks for sharing it with us. Very nice.

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  4. Great song. We've seen Styx perform it and we also saw Dennis DeYoung perform it at the Mountain Winery. Love it.

    Janet’s Smiles

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  5. Such a wonderful sexy voice and really great harmony! Thanks so much for posting this great video. Way ta go girlfriend! Have a great day! Thanks for dancin' along with us! hugs

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  6. WOW! Great song an lyrics and what a fantastic piano player 😸Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend🐾😽💞

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