Also in 1964, pioneering rock guitar soloist Lonnie Mack released an instrumental version under the title "Lonnie On The Move". It is included on their 1966 album, Them Again. A fan's recording of one of these performances brought Them to the attention of Dick Rowe and led to a recording contract with Decca Records. In 1964, Van Morrison's band Them often performed "Turn On Your Love Light" live at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1999, the song received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". It was also a Top 40 hit, reaching number 28, one of Bland's highest showings in the pop chart. It entered the Billboard R&B chart on December 4, 1961, eventually reaching number two during a stay of fifteen weeks. "Turn On Your Love Light" was one of Bobby Bland's most popular singles.
īacking Bland are probably Joe Scott and Melvin Jackson on trumpets, Pluma Davis on trombone, Johnny Board and Jimmy Beck on saxophones, Rayfield Davers on baritone saxophone, Teddy Reynolds on piano, Wayne Bennett on guitar, Hamp Simmons on bass, and John "Jabo" Starks on drums. Scott's brass arrangement "upped the excitement ante" with "the groove picking up momentum as the horns and percussion talk to each other" and Bland's vocal "riding on top".
"Turn On Your Love Light" was written by band leader and arranger Joe Scott (with an additional credit given to Duke Records owner/producer Don Robey aka Deadric Malone).
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