This week, I received quite a few emails about my post on Jackie Paris and Anne Marie Moss's 1974 album, Live at the Maisonette. Many readers asked about the song that Moss sings solo, The Bright Lights and You Girl. So I did a little digging. The song was written by Sayde Shepherd, who, it appears, brought the song to Ray Charles in 1967. The song firs…
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