major harris sang love won't let me wait.
major harris sang love won't let me wait.
who sang love won't let me wait?
major harris
harris was born in richmond, virginia. early in his career, harris sang with groups such as the charmers, the teenagers, the jarmels, and the nat turner's rebellion, which also featured his songwriting brother, joseph b. jefferson, and recorded a few solo 7" records on the laurie and okeh labels. in the early 1970s, he took over from randy cain as a member of the delfonics; he quit the group to go solo in 1974. signing with atlantic records, harris scored a string of r&b hits in the united states, including the top ten single "love won't let me wait", which peaked at #5 in the us "billboard" hot 100 chart and #37 in the uk top 50 in september 1975. written by bobby eli and vinnie barrett, "love won't let me wait" was awarded a gold disc by the r.i.a.a. on 25 june 1975.
major harris (singer)
pre-islamic women's literature seems to have been limited to the genre of "marathiya" ('elegy'). the earliest poetesses were al-khansa and layla al-akhyaliyyah of the 7th century. their concentration on the "ritha'" or elegy suggests that this was a form deemed acceptable for women to work with. however, the love lyric was also an important genre of women's poetry. the umayyad and 'abbasid periods saw professional singing slave girls ("qiyan", sing. "quayna") who sang love songs and accompanied these with music; alongside panegyric and competitive verse-capping, "qiyan" also sang love-poetry ("ghazal"). in his "risalat al-qiyan" ("epistle of the singing-girls"), al-jahiz (d. 255/868×69) reckoned that an accomplished singer might have a repertoire of 4,000 songs. pre-eminent 'abbasid singing-girls included: 'inan (paramour of harun al-rashid, r. 786-809); arib al-ma'muniyya (concubine of al-ma'mun, r. 813-17); and fadl ashsha'ira (d. 871; concubine of al-mutawakkil, r. 847-61). meanwhile, harun al-rashid's half-sister ‘ulayya bint al-mahdī (777-825) was also known for her poetic skills, as was the mystic and poet of basra rabi'a al-'adawiyya (d. 801). women also had an important role in pre-modern periods as patrons of the arts.
arabic literature