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| artist = [[Lorraine Ellison]]
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| album = Heart & Soul
| B-side = I Got My Baby Back
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"'''Stay with Me'''" (often credited as "'''Stay with Me Baby'''") is a [[Soul music|soul]] song [[songwriter|co-written]] by [[Jerry Ragovoy]] and [[George David Weiss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/stay-with-me-mt0001457057 |title=Stay With Me – Lorraine Ellison &#124; Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref> It was first [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] in 1966 by [[Lorraine Ellison]],<ref>[[Joel Whitburn]], ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] Top Pop Singles 1955–2002'', 2003, {{ISBN|0-89820-155-1}}</ref> and produced by Ragovoy.
"'''Stay with Me'''" (often credited as "'''Stay with Me Baby'''") is a [[Soul music|soul]] song [[songwriter|co-written]] by [[Jerry Ragovoy]] and [[George David Weiss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/stay-with-me-mt0001457057 |title=Stay With Me – Lorraine Ellison &#124; Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref> It was first [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] in 1966 by [[Lorraine Ellison]],<ref>[[Joel Whitburn]], ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] Top Pop Singles 1955–2002'', 2003, {{ISBN|0-89820-155-1}}</ref> and produced by Ragovoy.


Ellison recorded "Stay with Me" at a last-minute booking, following a studio cancellation by [[Frank Sinatra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7536 |title=Stay With Me by Lorraine Ellison Songfacts |publisher=Songfacts.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref> With a 46-piece orchestra already hired, [[Warner Bros. Records]] asked Ragovoy, with two days' notice, to take over the session at no cost. Ragovoy and arranger Garry Sherman worked up an orchestral arrangement of the song, and called Ellison into the studio to record it live with the orchestra. The recording was engineered by [[Phil Ramone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prince.org/msg/8/291532 |title=Lorraine Ellison – Stay With Me |publisher=Prince.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref> The track is recognized for Ellison's impassioned vocals, which rise to a sonic and emotional crescendo with each chorus. Years later, [[Joey Ramone]] said of her performance, "I woulda stayed."
Ellison recorded "Stay with Me" at a last-minute booking, following a studio cancellation by [[Frank Sinatra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7536 |title=Stay With Me by Lorraine Ellison Songfacts |publisher=Songfacts.com |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref> With a 46-piece orchestra already hired, [[Warner Bros. Records]] asked Ragovoy, with two days' notice, to take over the session at no cost. Ragovoy and arranger [[Garry Sherman]] worked up an orchestral arrangement of the song, and called Ellison into the studio to record it live with the orchestra. The recording was engineered by [[Phil Ramone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prince.org/msg/8/291532 |title=Lorraine Ellison – Stay With Me |publisher=Prince.org |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref> Described as 'possibly the best female vocal ever',<ref>{{cite book |author=Dave Marsh, Kevin Stein |year=1981 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRY5AQAAIAAJ&q=lorraine+ellison |title=The Book of Rock Lists |publisher=[[Dell Publishing Company]] |page=216 |isbn=9780440575801 }}</ref> "Stay with Me" is recognized for Ellison's impassioned vocals, which rise to a sonic and emotional crescendo with each chorus.


"Stay with Me" was issued as a single on the Warner [[record label]]. It entered the U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]] on October 15, 1966, and reached No. 11; and peaked at No. 64 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Her follow-up single was "Heart Be Still", a minor [[hit single|hit]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ed Hogan |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lorraine-ellison-mn0000830375/awards |title=Lorraine Ellison &#124; Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref>
"Stay with Me" was issued as a single on the Warner [[record label]]. It entered the U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]] on October 15, 1966, and reached No. 11; and peaked at No. 64 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It would become her [[list of signature songs|signature song]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Ed |last=Hogan |year=2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o552g5xRRiwC&q=%22eddie+floyd%22+signature+song+-wikipedia&pg=PA223 |title='Lorraine Ellison' biography |encyclopedia=All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul |editor1=Vladimir Bogdanov |editor2=John Bush |editor3=Chris Woodstra |editor4=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco |page=223 |isbn=0-87930-744-7 |lccn=2003052270 }}</ref> Her follow-up single was "Heart Be Still", a minor [[hit single|hit]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ed Hogan |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lorraine-ellison-mn0000830375/awards |title=Lorraine Ellison &#124; Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref>


The track has appeared on numerous [[compilation album]]s over the years, but 2006's ''Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Recordings'' contains all Ellison's songs.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sister-love-the-warner-bros-recordings-mw0000551258 |title=Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Recordings – Lorraine Ellison &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref>
The track has appeared on numerous [[compilation album]]s over the years, but 2006's ''Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Recordings'' contains all Ellison's songs.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sister-love-the-warner-bros-recordings-mw0000551258 |title=Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Recordings – Lorraine Ellison &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
In their November 11, 1966 issue, ''[[New Musical Express]]'' published, 'It's almost impossible to convey the depth of feeling, emotion and sensitivity expressed by Lorraine Ellison in the dramatic ballad "Stay With Me" (Warner).'<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-New-Musical-Express-IDX/IDX/1966/NME-1966-11-11-S-OCR-IDX-12.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=SHOP WINDOW|magazine=[[New Musical Express]]|page=12|date=November 11, 1966|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=10 January 2022}}</ref>

In their September 17, 1966 issue, [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] reported:<ref>{{cite magazine
|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/60s/66/Record-World-1966-09-17-I-OCR-Page-0030.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=R&B BEAT: WHERE IT'S AT: Lorraine's 'Stay' Tops for Year?|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|page=30|date=September 17, 1966|access-date=10 January 2022|via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
<blockquote>
'Al Jefferson, Dr. Fat Daddy and the entire staff at [[WMUZ (AM)|WCHB]], Detroit, say that the new Lorraine Ellison on WB, "Stay With Me," is the "R & B record of the year." Al Jefferson of WWIN says, "This is a new concept and a new dimension in SOUL. It is an entirely new direction. I congratulate producer and writer Jerry Ragavoy. I didn't think he could top his creativity with Garnet Mimms, the Enchanters and Howard Tate, but this is the ultimate!" Al said he hasn't heard anything this good in three years'</blockquote>

In the December 16, 1967 issue of ''[[New Musical Express]]'', Alan Smith described being introduced to the song by [[Maurice Gibb]] of the [[Bee Gees]]:<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-New-Musical-Express-IDX/IDX/1967/NME-1967-12-16-S-OCR-IDX-2.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=MEET A BEE GEE: Maurice Gibb to Alan Smith|first=Alan|last=Smith|magazine=[[New Musical Express]]|page=2|date=December 16, 1967|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=10 January 2022}}</ref>
<blockquote>
'The first time I met Maurice he was carrying an old single by Lorraine Ellison, “Stay With Me Baby”, which he thrust on to the record player with urgency and delight. Seconds later I was listening to a full-blooded, screaming, beautiful, agonised, ecstatic, sobbing, sexual, soaring performance of a song that prickled the hairs at the nape of the neck. It was one of the most incredible records I've ever heard, and I raved, Maurice raved, even the man there from the [[BBC World Service]] raved. When I heard that [[Cilla Black|Cilla]] and [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]] were also raving, that was it. My mind was made up. I asked Warner Brothers to rush me a copy as soon as they could, and I raced home and also thrust it on to the record player with urgency and delight.'</blockquote>


==Cover versions==
==Cover versions==
"Stay With Me" has been [[cover version|covered]] by numerous musicians, including [[Bette Midler]], in the film ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]''. "Stay with Me" by The Faces is a different song.<ref group=note>"Stay with Me", written by [[Rod Stewart]] and [[Ronnie Wood]], was first recorded by their band [[Faces (band)|Faces]] for the 1971 album, ''[[A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse]]''.</ref>
"Stay With Me" has been [[cover version|covered]] by numerous musicians, including [[Bette Midler]], in the film ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]''.


Other versions include those by [[The Walker Brothers]], [[Charity Brown]], [[David Essex]], [[Ruby Turner]], [[Rebecca Wheatley]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Bobby Hatfield]], [[Robin Lee Bruce|Robin Lee]], [[Genya Ravan]], [[Terry Reid]], [[Steve Marriott]], [[Long John Baldry]], [[Sharon Tandy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/stay-with-me-mt0013722600 |title=Stay With Me – Sharon Tandy &#124; Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref> [[Les Fleur de Lys]], [[Natalie Cole]], [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], [[Dan McCafferty]], [[Kiki Dee]], [[Shirley Brown]], [[Samantha Rose]], [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]], Phil Seymour, [[Trine Rein]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockipedia.no/utgivelser/finders_keepers-7948/ |title=Finders Keepers " Rockipedia |publisher=Rockipedia.no |date= |accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref> [[Whitesnake]], [[Ronnie Montrose]], [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]], [[Mary J. Blige]], [[Melissa Etheridge]], [[La'Porsha Renae]] and [[Chris Cornell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVTNT_g27G4 |title=Chris Cornell "Stay with Me Baby" (Official Audio) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2016-04-14}}</ref> The versions by the first four artists named in the previous sentence, all reached the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
Other versions include those by [[The Walker Brothers]], [[Charity Brown]], [[David Essex]], [[Ruby Turner]], [[Rebecca Wheatley]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Bobby Hatfield]], [[Robin Lee Bruce|Robin Lee]], [[Genya Ravan]], [[Terry Reid]], [[Steve Marriott]], [[Long John Baldry]], [[Sharon Tandy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/stay-with-me-mt0013722600 |title=Stay With Me – Sharon Tandy &#124; Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref> [[Les Fleur de Lys]], [[Natalie Cole]], [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], [[Dan McCafferty]], [[Kiki Dee]], [[Shirley Brown]], [[Samantha Rose]], [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]], Phil Seymour, [[Trine Rein]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockipedia.no/utgivelser/finders_keepers-7948/ |title=Finders Keepers " Rockipedia |publisher=Rockipedia.no |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref> [[Whitesnake]], [[Ronnie Montrose]], [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]], [[Mary J. Blige]], [[Melissa Etheridge]], [[La'Porsha Renae]] and [[Chris Cornell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVTNT_g27G4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/pVTNT_g27G4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Chris Cornell "Stay with Me Baby" (Official Audio) |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2016-04-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The versions by the first four artists named in the previous sentence, all reached the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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| accessdate = 2016-04-10}}</ref> and by [[La'Porsha Renae]] on March 31, 2016 on the final season of ''[[American Idol]]''.<ref>{{cite news
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[[Alisan Porter]] covered the song on ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]'', [[The Voice (U.S. season 10)|season 10]].
[[Alisan Porter]] covered the song on ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]'', [[The Voice (U.S. season 10)|season 10]].

==Charts==
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!scope="col"|Chart (1966-67)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
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!scope="row" {{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|58|artist=Lorraine Ellison |song=Stay with Me|chartid=6822}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[UK R&B Chart|UK R&B]] (''[[Record Mirror]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/67/Record-Mirror-1967-02-25.pdf#page=11|title=BRITAIN'S TOP R&B SINGLES|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=11|date=February 25, 1967|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=January 28, 2022}}</ref>
| align="center"| 6
|-
!scope="row" {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|64|artist=Lorraine Ellison}}
|-
!scope="row" {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|11|artist=Lorraine Ellison}}
|-
!scope="row" |[[Cashbox (magazine)|US ''Cashbox'']] Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1966/CB-1966-11-05-OCR-Page-0004.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=Cash Box TOP 100|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|page=|date=November 5, 1966|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|66
|-
!scope="row" |[[Cashbox (magazine)|US ''Cashbox'']] R&B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1966/CB-1966-11-19-OCR-Page-0044.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=Cash Box TOP 50 IN R&B LOCATIONS|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|page=44|date=November 19, 1966|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|16
|-
!scope="row" | US ''[[Record World]]'' R&B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/60s/66/RW-1966-09-24-OCR-Page-0071.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=Top 50 R&B|work=[[Record World]]|page=43|date=November 19, 1966|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1969)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row" | [[UK R&B Chart|UK R&B]] (''[[Record Mirror]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/60s/Record-Mirror-1969-02-08-S-OCR-IDX-11.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=BRITAIN'S TOP R&B SINGLES|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=11|date=February 8, 1969|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 14
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1975)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] (''[[Record Mirror]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/Record-Mirror-1975-09-13-IDX-2.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=Star Breakers|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=September 13, 1975|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 56
|-
!scope="row" | [[UK R&B Chart|UK R&B]] (''[[Record Mirror]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/Record-Mirror-1975-10-18-IDX-2.pdf#search=%22lorraine%20ellison%22|title=UK SOUL TOP 20|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=October 18, 1975|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=January 2, 2022}}</ref>
| align="center"| 15
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1995)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row" {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|artistid=36644|82|artist=Lorraine Ellison |song=Stay with Me}}
|-
!scope="row" {{singlechart|UKrandb|artistid=36644|14|artist=Lorraine Ellison |song=Stay with Me |date=19950212}}
|}


==References==
==References==
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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{{Reflist|group=note}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{discogs master|219639|Lorraine Ellison: Stay with Me}}
*{{discogs master|219639|Lorraine Ellison: Stay with Me}}
*[http://www.lyricsbay.com/stay_with_me_lyrics-lorraine_ellison.html Song lyrics at Lyricsbay.com]
*[http://www.lyricsbay.com/stay_with_me_lyrics-lorraine_ellison.html Song lyrics at Lyricsbay.com]
*{{Allmusic|id=p4182|label=Lorraine Ellison}}
*{{AllMusic|id=p4182|label=Lorraine Ellison}}
*[http://www.soulbot.com/Lorraine%20Ellison.htm Soulbot.com Ellison fansite]
*[http://www.soulbot.com/Lorraine%20Ellison.htm Soulbot.com Ellison fansite]


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"Stay with Me"
Single by Lorraine Ellison
from the album Heart & Soul
B-side"I Got My Baby Back"
ReleasedOctober 1966
Recorded1966
GenreSoul
Length3:29
LabelWarner Bros. 5850
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jerry Ragovoy

"Stay with Me" (often credited as "Stay with Me Baby") is a soul song co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss.[1] It was first recorded in 1966 by Lorraine Ellison,[2] and produced by Ragovoy.

Ellison recorded "Stay with Me" at a last-minute booking, following a studio cancellation by Frank Sinatra.[3] With a 46-piece orchestra already hired, Warner Bros. Records asked Ragovoy, with two days' notice, to take over the session at no cost. Ragovoy and arranger Garry Sherman worked up an orchestral arrangement of the song, and called Ellison into the studio to record it live with the orchestra. The recording was engineered by Phil Ramone.[4] Described as 'possibly the best female vocal ever',[5] "Stay with Me" is recognized for Ellison's impassioned vocals, which rise to a sonic and emotional crescendo with each chorus.

"Stay with Me" was issued as a single on the Warner record label. It entered the U.S. Billboard R&B chart on October 15, 1966, and reached No. 11; and peaked at No. 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It would become her signature song.[6] Her follow-up single was "Heart Be Still", a minor hit in 1967.[7]

The track has appeared on numerous compilation albums over the years, but 2006's Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Recordings contains all Ellison's songs.[8]

Critical reception

[edit]

In their November 11, 1966 issue, New Musical Express published, 'It's almost impossible to convey the depth of feeling, emotion and sensitivity expressed by Lorraine Ellison in the dramatic ballad "Stay With Me" (Warner).'[9]

In their September 17, 1966 issue, Cashbox reported:[10]

'Al Jefferson, Dr. Fat Daddy and the entire staff at WCHB, Detroit, say that the new Lorraine Ellison on WB, "Stay With Me," is the "R & B record of the year." Al Jefferson of WWIN says, "This is a new concept and a new dimension in SOUL. It is an entirely new direction. I congratulate producer and writer Jerry Ragavoy. I didn't think he could top his creativity with Garnet Mimms, the Enchanters and Howard Tate, but this is the ultimate!" Al said he hasn't heard anything this good in three years'

In the December 16, 1967 issue of New Musical Express, Alan Smith described being introduced to the song by Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees:[11]

'The first time I met Maurice he was carrying an old single by Lorraine Ellison, “Stay With Me Baby”, which he thrust on to the record player with urgency and delight. Seconds later I was listening to a full-blooded, screaming, beautiful, agonised, ecstatic, sobbing, sexual, soaring performance of a song that prickled the hairs at the nape of the neck. It was one of the most incredible records I've ever heard, and I raved, Maurice raved, even the man there from the BBC World Service raved. When I heard that Cilla and Lulu were also raving, that was it. My mind was made up. I asked Warner Brothers to rush me a copy as soon as they could, and I raced home and also thrust it on to the record player with urgency and delight.'

Cover versions

[edit]

"Stay With Me" has been covered by numerous musicians, including Bette Midler, in the film The Rose.

Other versions include those by The Walker Brothers, Charity Brown, David Essex, Ruby Turner, Rebecca Wheatley, Janis Joplin, Bobby Hatfield, Robin Lee, Genya Ravan, Terry Reid, Steve Marriott, Long John Baldry, Sharon Tandy,[12] Les Fleur de Lys, Natalie Cole, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dan McCafferty, Kiki Dee, Shirley Brown, Samantha Rose, Sam Brown, Phil Seymour, Trine Rein,[13] Whitesnake, Ronnie Montrose, Duffy, Mary J. Blige, Melissa Etheridge, La'Porsha Renae and Chris Cornell.[14] The versions by the first four artists named in the previous sentence, all reached the UK Singles Chart.[15]

Duffy's version was the only newly recorded song on the soundtrack of the 2009 UK comedy film, The Boat That Rocked. Although it was the original version that appeared in the film, Duffy's version featured in the closing credits.

It was also performed by Karise Eden on June 17, 2012, for her finale performance on The Voice Australia, reaching No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart[16] and by La'Porsha Renae on March 31, 2016 on the final season of American Idol.[17]

Alisan Porter covered the song on The Voice, season 10.

Charts

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Chart (1966-67) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[18] 58
UK R&B (Record Mirror)[19] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[20] 64
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[21] 11
US Cashbox Top 100[22] 66
US Cashbox R&B[23] 16
US Record World R&B[24] 9
Chart (1969) Peak
position
UK R&B (Record Mirror)[25] 14
Chart (1975) Peak
position
UK Singles (Record Mirror)[26] 56
UK R&B (Record Mirror)[27] 15
Chart (1995) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[28] 82
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[29] 14

References

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  1. ^ "Stay With Me – Lorraine Ellison | Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn, Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955–2002, 2003, ISBN 0-89820-155-1
  3. ^ "Stay With Me by Lorraine Ellison Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  4. ^ "Lorraine Ellison – Stay With Me". Prince.org. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  5. ^ Dave Marsh, Kevin Stein (1981). The Book of Rock Lists. Dell Publishing Company. p. 216. ISBN 9780440575801.
  6. ^ Hogan, Ed (2003). "'Lorraine Ellison' biography". In Vladimir Bogdanov; John Bush; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (eds.). All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 223. ISBN 0-87930-744-7. LCCN 2003052270.
  7. ^ Ed Hogan. "Lorraine Ellison | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  8. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Recordings – Lorraine Ellison | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
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