Sunday, March 10, 2024

Don't Stay Away - Phyllis Dillon

Don't Stay Away - Phyllis Dillon
2:33
single, 1967
Written by Richard Evans, Bobby Miller, and Marlena Shaw

This is a rocksteady vocal from, untypically, a pretty and melodic female voice.  It's a song pleading for a former lover to return.  All she has to offer is her broken heart.  "If you knew / You were my one desire / You set my soul on fire / You wouldn't stay away."  It's a simple song, but Dillon's criminally-overlooked vocal powers give it emotional weight.

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