Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You)
"Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You)" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in 1975 on his album Extra Texture (Read All About It). Harrison wrote the composition as a tribute to American singer Smokey Robinson, whom he often identified as one of his favourite vocalists and songwriters. The song was intended as a companion piece to Robinson's 1965 hit with the Miracles, "Ooo Baby Baby", and its inclusion on Extra Texture contributed to that album's standing as Harrison's soul music album. His impersonation of Robinson's celebrated vocal style on the track, including portions sung in falsetto, contrasted with Harrison's hoarse, laryngitis-marred singing on his 1974 North American tour and the poorly received Dark Horse album.
Smokey Robinson (centre) and the Miracles performing on an ABC Television special in 1970
Harrison's soul affectations on Extra Texture have been likened to the Philadelphia sound of the Stylistics
Extra Texture (Read All About It)
Extra Texture (Read All About It) is the sixth studio album by the English musician George Harrison, released on 22 September 1975. It was Harrison's final album under his contract with Apple Records and EMI, and the last studio album issued by Apple. The release came nine months after his troubled 1974 North American tour with Ravi Shankar and the poorly received Dark Horse album.
Extra Texture (Read All About It)
Harrison, US president Gerald Ford and Ravi Shankar at the White House in December 1974, towards the end of the tour
A&M Records' headquarters (including the company's recording studios), pictured in 1922 in their former guise as Charlie Chaplin Studios
Inner-sleeve picture of Harrison, taken by 1974 tour photographer Henry Grossman; copyright Apple Records