Tell It Like It Is

Buy the Album at Rhino.com

Written by: George Davis, Lee Diamond
Produced by: Davis
Released: Nov. '66 on Par Lo
Charts: 14 weeks
Top spot: No. 2

Neville was working as a longshoreman when he cut this sublime New Orleans R&B ballad, a plea for true love. "A lot of people come up to me and say, 'That song got me and my wife together,' " he recalled. "And others say, 'It broke me and my wife up.' "

Appears on: Tell It Like It Is: Golden Classics (Collectables)

Next: Bitter Sweet Symphony

Back to RS 500 Albums!
Back to RS 500 Songs!