Ann Peebles

Ann Peebles (born April 27, 1947) is an  African American  singer-songwriter who gained celebrity for her  Memphis soul albums of the 1970s on the  Hi Records  label. Two of her most popular songs are " I Can't Stand the Rain" and "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down", which she wrote with her husband,  Don Bryant,  and radio broadcaster Bernie Miller  and were subsequently popularized in  cover versions by, among others,  Eruption (1978) and  Paul Young (1984), respectively.