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Song · 1967 · Chicago soul

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

1967

★ 7.1 editorial score

James Jamerson's bass, cut in Chicago with Funk Brothers moonlighting for cash, and Wilson sounding weightless above it.

Genre

Chicago soul Soul R&B

Subject

Scene

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“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”

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