Prisoner Of Love:James Brown

"Prisoner Of Love" is a 1931 popular song with music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill and lyrics by Leo Robin. The song was popularized by Columbo and later became a major hit forPerry Como and The Ink Spots. It was also recorded by Billy Eckstine.



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[hide]  *1 Billy Eckstine version  ==Billy Eckstine version[ edit] == African-American crooner Billy Eckstine recorded his version with Duke Ellington on piano and Art Blakey on drums September 4, 1945. The record became a million seller and a #10 hit. [1] ==Perry Como versions[ edit] == Como's first recording was made on December 18, 1945 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1814-B. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 30, 1946 and lasted 3 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. The flip side was "All Through the Day". This recording was re-released in 1949, by RCA Victor, as a 78rpm single (catalog number 20-3298-A) and a 45rpm single (catalog number 47-2886), with the flip side "Temptation."
 * 2 Perry Como versions
 * 3 James Brown version
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links

Como made two further recordings of the song: one in February, 1946 for a V-Disc, number CS-656-B, and another in July 1970 in a live performance in Las Vegas, issued as a long-playing album (titled In Person At The International Hotel, Las Vegas in its United States and United Kingdom releases, Perry Como In Person in its Japanese release, and Perry Como In Concert in its Dutchrelease). ==James Brown version[ edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">James Brown revived "Prisoner of Love" in 1963. It charted #6 R&B and #18 Pop, becoming Brown's first song to enter the Pop Top Twenty.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[2]  The studio recording was arranged by Sammy Lowe.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[3]  Brown performed the song live with his vocal group, The Famous Flames, in the concert filmT.A.M.I. Show and on a mid-1960s telecast of The Ed Sullivan Show. It also appears on many of his live albums.