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n 1968, some of his songs were heard by Ray Charles, who was impressed and started a long period of collaboration with Lewis. Their duet, “If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck”, reached number 21 on the Billboard R&B chart and number 77 on the Hot 100 in 1969, and Lewis wrote and arranged every track on Charles’ album Doing His Thing, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. Lewis also wrote Charles’ 1970 hit “If You Were Mine”.
In 1974, Lewis moved to the Hotlanta label, and released the album Totally Involved, described by critic Richie Unterberger as “respectable Southern-styled soul”, on which he wrote and produced all the tracks. The album included the track “Help Me Understand You”, which reached number 95 on the R&B chart in 1975. As a writer, he had further success in 1977, when Z. Z. Hill’s ” Love Is So Good When You’re Stealing It” reached the R&B chart.
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Ain't No Need
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Careful Man
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Don't Let Your Girlfriend Turn Against Your Man
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Don't Sit Around
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Friendship Only Goes So Far
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Get A Little, Give A Little
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Give The Poor Man A Break
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Go On Live Your Life
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Help Me Understand You
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Hot Southern Love
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How Long Is A Heartache Supposed To Last
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I Can't Leave You Alone
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I Don't Know How But I Am
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I Got My Troubles
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I Intend To Take Your Place
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I'm Gonna Get Ya Girl
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I've Got To Get You Back
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Is That Any Way To Treat A Lady
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It Ain't What's On The Woman
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It's Never Too Late
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Leave Him
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Look What You've Done
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Message To The Ladies
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Midnight Special
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Mom's Love, God's Love
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One Woman's Man
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Pool Hall Willie
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She's Gone
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Stand By
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Still Wanna Be Black
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Stop Half Loving These Women
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Stop To Start
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Thank You
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That Won't Stop Me From Loving You
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That's How Long I'll Be Loving You
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The Good Part About It
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There Ain't No Man That Can't Be Caught
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Things Got To Get Better
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Three Into Two Won't Go
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Tom Boy
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When I Build My World
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When Love Is Gone
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Where Was He?
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Who's The Weaker Sex
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