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O.V. Wright Songs

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Overton Vertis "O. V." Wright (October 9, 1939 - November 16, 1980) was an American singer who is generally regarded as a blues artist by African American fans in the Deep South; he is also regarded as one of Southern soul's most authoritative and individual artists. His best known songs include "That's How Strong My Love Is" (1964), "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" (1965), "Nucleus of Soul" (1968), "A Nickel and a Nail" (1971), "I Can't Take It" (1971) and "Ace of Spades" (1971).

Below is a list of O.V. Wright songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Back Beat 548
chart position: RandB #6, US #86
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
O.V. Wright You're Gonna Make Me Cry
1965 Back Beat
2 record label: Back Beat 580
chart position: RandB #4, US #80
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: 8 Men And 4 Women
O.V. Wright Eight Men, Four Women
1967 Back Beat
3 record label: Back Beat 615
chart position: RandB #11, US #54
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades
comments: [southern soul]
O.V. Wright Ace of Spades
1970 Back Beat
4 record label: Back Beat 622
chart position: RandB #19, US #103
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades
O.V. Wright A Nickel and a Nail
1971 Back Beat
5 record label: Back Beat 620
chart position: RandB #21, US #118
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades
O.V. Wright When You Took Your Love from Me
1971 Back Beat
6 record label: Back Beat 583
chart position: RandB #25
written by: Willie Mitchell
O.V. Wright Heartaches-Heartaches
1967 Back Beat
7 record label: Back Beat 558
chart position: Cashbox RandB #30
written by: D. Malone
comments: [southern soul ballad]
O.V. Wright Gone For Good
1966 Back Beat
8 record label: Back Beat 628
chart position: RandB #33
written by: Earl Randle
album: Memphis Unlimited
O.V. Wright I'd Rather Be (Blind, Cripple and Crazy)
1974 Back Beat
9 record label: Back Beat 591
chart position: RandB #36
written by: O.V. Wright
O.V. Wright Oh Baby Mine
1968 Back Beat
10 record label: Back Beat 551
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: Malone, Jamison
comments: [blues soul]
O.V. Wright Poor Boy
1965 Back Beat
11 record label: Back Beat 597
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: D. Bryant
album: Nucleus Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
O.V. Wright I Want Everyone To Know
1968 Back Beat
12 record label: Hi 77501
chart position: RandB #43
album: Into Something (Can't Shake Loose)
O.V. Wright Into Something (Can't Shake Loose)
1974 Hi
13 record label: Back Beat 607
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Brook Benton
O.V. Wright I'll Take Care of You
1969 Back Beat
14 record label: Back Beat 586
written by: D. Bryant
O.V. Wright What About You
1967 Back Beat
15 record label: Back Beat 626
chart position: Cashbox RandB #46
written by: A. Jones, M. Gregory
comments: [southern soul]
O.V. Wright Drowning On Dry Land
1972 Back Beat
16 record label: Sue 4043
chart position: RandB #46
written by: D. Malone
O.V. Wright What Did You Tell This Girl Of Mine
1967 Sue
17 record label: Back Beat 611
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Don Bryant
O.V. Wright Love the Way You Love
1970 Back Beat
18 record label: Hi 77506
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Dave Crawford & Jackie Moore
album: Into Something (Can't Shake Loose)
O.V. Wright Precious, Precious
1978 Hi
19 record label: Back Beat 631
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Earl Randle
album: Memphis Unlimited
O.V. Wright I've Been Searching
1974 Back Beat
20 record label: ABC 12119
chart position: RandB #82
written by: Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle, Yvonne Mitchell and Lawrence Seymour
O.V. Wright What More Can I Do (To Prove My Love for You)
1975 ABC
21 record label: ABC 12154
chart position: Cashbox RandB #86
written by: C. Hodges
comments: [southern soul]
O.V. Wright Nobody But You
1975 ABC
22 record label: Hi 2315
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Al Green and Mabon "Teenie" Hodges (as Mabon Hodges)
O.V. Wright Rhymes
1976 Hi
23 record label: Hi 78514
chart position: RandB #91
written by: George Jackson & Raymond Moore
album: The Bottom Line
O.V. Wright I Don't Do Windows
1978 Hi
-- record label: Back Beat 604
written by: D. Malone, V. Morrison
album: Nucleus Of Soul
comments: [deep soul]
O.V. Wright This Hurt Is Real
1969 Back Beat




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