Love on a Two-Way Street

Infobox Single
Name = Love on a Two-Way Street


Artist = The Moments
from Album = Not on the Outside, But on the Inside, Strong!
B-side = "I Won't Do Anything"
Released = March, 1970
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = R&B, Soul
Length = 3:05 (single edit)3:46 (album version)
Label = Stang Records/All Platinum
Writer = Sylvia RobinsonBurt Keyes
Producer = Sylvia Robinson
Certification = Gold

"Love on a Two-Way Street" is a Soul ballad written by Sylvia Robinson and Burt Keyes in 1968. The song was originally recorded by Lezli Valentine, an artist signed to All Platinum, the record label that Sylvia Robinson co-owned with her husband, Joe. The song was then recorded by The Moments, an R&B vocal group signed to All Platinum subsidiary Stang Records, as filler for their 1968 album "Not on the Outside, But on the Inside, Strong!". Sylvia and Joe decided to release the song as a single in March of 1970 and it went on to become one of the biggest R&B hits of that year, spending five weeks at number one on Billboard's Soul Singles chart and reaching number three on the Hot 100 chart. It was also certified gold by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. William "Billy" Brown sings lead on the Moments version. Willie and The Mighty Magnificents provided most of the musical backing on the song and Burt Keyes created the string arrangement that was overdubbed onto the track while also playing piano on the recording session.

In 1981, Cotillion Records artist Stacy Lattisaw recorded and released her own version of the song and it too was a chart success in the U.S., peaking at number two R&B and number twenty six Pop. The song was also covered by Gloria Estefan for her 1994 album, "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me".

References

* [http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/moments.htm soul-patrol.com]