I Can't Stand the Rain
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| - | '''Ann Peebles''' (born [[April 27]] [[1947]], in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]) is an [[international]]ly acclaimed [[singer]] and [[songwriter]] best known for her popular [[Memphis soul]] [[album]]s of the [[1970s]] on the [[Hi Records]] [[record label|label]]. Two of her better known [[songs]] are "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" and "[[I Can't Stand the Rain]]", popularised by [[cover version]]s by [[Paul Young]] and [[Eruption (band)|Eruption]] respectively. | + | *[[I Can't Stand the Rain (album)]], an album by Ann Peebles |
| + | *[[I Can't Stand the Rain (song)]], a song from the album, notably covered by [[Eruption (band)|Eruption]], [[Tina Turner]], and others | ||
| - | Peebles was discovered as a talent by Gene "Bowlegs" Miller of [[Hi Records]] during a 1968 trip to sit in singing with him at a [[Memphis, Tennessee]], [[nightclub]]. A popular local [[bandleader]], Miller was known for also helping other [[musician]]s, such as members of the [[Hi Rhythm Section]], get their starts in the Memphis [[music industry]]. Peebles soon began penning and singing [[Chart-topper|hits]] for the label, cowriting with label staff songwriter [[Don Bryant]], whom she later [[marriage|married]] in 1974. Peebles released a number of commercially successful and critically well received [[album]]s produced by [[Willie Mitchell (musician)|Willie Mitchell]] on Hi Records throughout the 1970s, until the rise of [[disco]] music in the late 1970s took her [[music]] out of the limelight. Hi Records was sold in 1977, but Peebles reunited with Willie Mitchell in 1989 to produce her comeback album, ''Call Me''. | ||
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| - | In 2006 she released the album ''Brand New Classics'' which consists of re-recordings of some of her songs in an [[acoustic music|acoustic]] style. | ||
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| - | Ann Peebles has been [[sampling (music)|sampled]] by many [[Hip-Hop]] artists, in particular [[RZA]] and the [[Wu-Tang Clan]]. In 1997, artist Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott recorded an [[interpolation (music)|interpolation]] of "I Can't Stand the Rain," entitled [[The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)]], as the first single from her debut album [[Supa Dupa Fly]]. The single reached the top ten in the US and UK, peaking at number 3 in U.S. Billboard' [[Hot Dance Singles Sales]]. | ||
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I Can't Stand the Rain may refer to:
- I Can't Stand the Rain (album), an album by Ann Peebles
- I Can't Stand the Rain (song), a song from the album, notably covered by Eruption, Tina Turner, and others
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