April Stevens Wake Up And Love Me

After April heard a rather tribal sounding track called Safari on brother Nino s 5th Ave. Sax album, she was inspired to write a set of lyrics to match and to record the song as her solo vocal. She ended up with Sleep Baby Sleep, a somewhat controversial (again ) tale of a 34 year old vixen hovering over her sleeping 21 year old lover. They can say it s not right chirped they don t hold you at Retitled Wake Up And Love Me, the R B flavored production was recorded, and April (no Stevens) inched into the Hot 100 in June 1974 . This recording was a top ten hit in Detroit, but would stay only in the bottom 8 of Billboard s Hot 100 for 4 weeks, peaking at, 93. Produced by Nino and Jeff Barry.