Brenda Russell is an adult-contemporary singer-songwriter that hit the music scene in 1979 with her debut album "Brenda Russell". Her sister is rumoured to be none other than, Donna Summer, the queen of Disco. The release featured her her first hit song, "So Good So Right". The story goes, it came up while washing dishes and, still wearing an apron, she rushed to the piano wrote it down. The album also featured the hit "If Only for One Night" which was later famously covered by Luther Vandross. Read Full BioBrenda Russell is an adult-contemporary singer-songwriter that hit the music scene in 1979 with her debut album "Brenda Russell". Her sister is rumoured to be none other than, Donna Summer, the queen of Disco. The release featured her her first hit song, "So Good So Right". The story goes, it came up while washing dishes and, still wearing an apron, she rushed to the piano wrote it down. The album also featured the hit "If Only for One Night" which was later famously covered by Luther Vandross.
Brenda's greatest success came in 1988 with the release of her third album, "Get Here". It featured the hit singles "Get Here" and "Piano In The Dark". At the 31st Grammy Awards, Brenda was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female for "Get Here". "Piano In The Dark" was nominated for Song of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (there was a duet? -- duet vocal was by Joe Esposito of Brooklyn Dreams). "Get Here" was later a huge hit covered by Oleta Adams.
Nearly all of her songs were written by herself. Some of her compositions are also performed by others like Roberta Flack, Diana Ross, Patrice Rushen, Patti Austin, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Justin Guarini, and very successfully by the aforementioned Luther Vandross and Oleta Adams.
Russell is also a chief songwriter and lyricist for the hit Broadway musical "The Color Purple". In 2005 she saw a Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, the show's score is written by Russell and lyricists-composers Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Russell and her co-writers were nominated for a Tony Award (for Best Score) and a Grammy Award (in the Best Musical Show Album category).
Brenda's greatest success came in 1988 with the release of her third album, "Get Here". It featured the hit singles "Get Here" and "Piano In The Dark". At the 31st Grammy Awards, Brenda was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female for "Get Here". "Piano In The Dark" was nominated for Song of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (there was a duet? -- duet vocal was by Joe Esposito of Brooklyn Dreams). "Get Here" was later a huge hit covered by Oleta Adams.
Nearly all of her songs were written by herself. Some of her compositions are also performed by others like Roberta Flack, Diana Ross, Patrice Rushen, Patti Austin, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Justin Guarini, and very successfully by the aforementioned Luther Vandross and Oleta Adams.
Russell is also a chief songwriter and lyricist for the hit Broadway musical "The Color Purple". In 2005 she saw a Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, the show's score is written by Russell and lyricists-composers Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Russell and her co-writers were nominated for a Tony Award (for Best Score) and a Grammy Award (in the Best Musical Show Album category).
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Piano in the Dark
Brenda Russell Lyrics
Oh
It never really mattered too much to me
That you were just too damned old for me
All that really mattered was you were my girlfriend
And, baby, that's all that mattered to me
Let me love you down
Even if it takes all night
Let me love you down
You know it's gonna be so right
Remember when I drove you home from work
I loved the way when you kissed me bye
All your friends think I'm just too young for you
You tell 'em that I can do what guys their age can do, oh, baby
Let me love you down
Even if it takes all night
Let me love you down
You know it's got to be so right
Let me love you down
Even if it takes all night
Let me love you down
You know it's got to be so right, oh
It never really mattered too much to me
That you were too damned old for me, mmm
All that really mattered was you were my girlfriend
And baby, that?s all that mattered to me, oh, baby
Let me love you down
Oh, oh
Let me love you down
You know it's gonna be so right
Let me love you down
Oh
Let me love you down
You know it's gonna be so right, mmm
I can love you down
Let me love you, love you, love you, love you
Let me love you, love you, love you, love you
Let me love you down (love you down)
I know, I know I could
Let me love you down (love you down)
I know it's gonna take all night
Let me love you down (love you down)
No, no, no, no
Let me love you down (love you down)
Oh, ho
Let me love
From dawn
Take the house and the car, mmm
I love like you are, whoa
Love you down, down, down, baby
Mmm, mmm
Love you down, down, down
Oh, whoa, whoa
I know, I know I could, yeah
Let me love you down
Whoa, whoa, mmm
It's just me and you the whole night through
Let me love you, baby
I know, I know I could
Love you down, down
Oh, ho
Let me love you
I know I could, baby, mmm
You're so sweet to me
Mmm, whoa, whoa
Let me love you down, oh, baby
It's just you and me, baby
The whole night through
Won't you let me love down
I can't take this too much longer, you know
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: SCOTT CUTLER, JEFF HULL, BRENDA RUSSELL
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Jessica Pace
It’s crazy how must of us are here because we loved this song as kids. Today there’s no music that sticks with you like these classic 80’s songs.
Sylvia Medlyn
Chicago, Janet Jackson, Kool & The Gang, Peabo Bryson, Etc....
james morgan
I'm still stuck in the 80s that's a good place to be stuck at
DLaveaux
💯 Music today isn’t anywhere close.
rara maeja
That's why christmas songs return to the charts during Christmas season. The music industry is in such bad state, nobody buys them anymore.
2020
❤
Mharlz Jusay Jaenicke
I can listen to this song over and over again and it never gets old. Love it.
Mark Dodge Sr.
@Lisa Ryan love it 💕💕
J. Sloan
Amen 💜😎🙏🙏🙏🙏😎💜🎶🎼
Cátia Fernandes
Essa música é lindaaaa e eu voltando ao passado 😔perfeitaaaaa💕❤🎧