Producer Kevin Flournoy had a great idea to pair Phil and Shannon together in both studio and in a cozy L.A. setting
to cover this classic hit with a blanket of style.
Eric Tagg, a co-writer featured on the recording, was out ill, and Phil was asked to step out of the background to sing one of Lee Ritenour's biggest hits, in his absence.
He sang the song and made it his own.
Lillian sang background vocals on Phil's early solo hits, including this husband Phil's first #1...but she declined the video shoot, instead asking to direct the actress models as they lip-synched the recorded vocals. CALL ME was Phil's Thank You to Aretha, Franklin who recorded 3 of the songs that he and Chuck Jackson (of Natalie Cole & The Independents fame) had written for her.
A frequently requested hit, written by Brenda Russell, (singing BGVs with Lillian Perry). Filmed in a very historic area of old San Francisco where a row of brownstones rise above the skyline, this is an example of a time of great optics in the early videos experimenting with stories, sets, and characters.
2020
2020
Fact - Chaka & Phil
'the girl & boy from Illinois'
So many songs, so little time.
PHIL is featured in this superb 2024 interview highlighting his songwriting, and his unique vocal styling of his classic cover "I'll Be Around"
on Smooth Jazz Radio Live 365,
with Host Saxophonist WILL DONATO, produced by SoCal Music Influencer JACK COHEN.
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