Norman Connors ft Michael Henderson - You Are My Starship (Buddah Records 1976)

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Description: "You Are My Starship" is a song by Michael Henderson. You Are My Starship is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. Released in 1976 on Buddah Records, it featured bass player/vocalist Michael Henderson and Philadelphia vocalist Phyllis Hyman. The album reached number five on the US R&B chart and number one on the Jazz chart. Norman Connors (born March 1, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and producer who has led a number of influential jazz and R&B groups. He also achieved several big R&B hits of the day, especially with love ballads. He is possibly best known for the 1976 hit, "You Are My Starship" on which lead vocals were sung by Michael Henderson. Michael Earl Henderson (July 7, 1951 – July 19, 2022) was an American bass guitarist and vocalist. He was known for his work with Miles Davis in the early 1970s and on early fusion albums such as Jack Johnson, Live-Evil, and Agharta, along with a series of his own R&B/soul hits and others featuring him on vocals, particularly the Norman Connors-produced hit "You Are My Starship" in 1976 and other songs in the mid to late-1970s. At the time of his death, Henderson was in a relationship with DaMia Satterfield, and separated from his wife, Adelia Thompson. He had three children, and lived in the Atlanta suburb of Dallas, Georgia, where he died from cancer on July 19, 2022, aged 71. You are my light, I have to go on Have me anyway you want to Just take care and love me 'Til my tension's gone 'Cause you are my starship Come take me up tonight And don't be late Yes, you are my starship Come take me up tonight And don't be late And don't you come too soon Baby yeah Oh, oh, you are my starship Come take me up tonight And don't be late Yes, you are my starship Come take me up tonight And don't be late And don't you come too soon I can't say (I just can't say) (I just can't say) It's here that you want me Oh, baby, I don't want nobody Nobody kissing you but me (Can't say) Oh, baby (I just can't say) 'Cause you are my starship Come take me up tonight And don't be late Yes, you are my starship Come take me up tonight And don't be late And don't you come too soon Baby, oh yeah Take me up tonight And don't be late Oh, you are my starship Won't you take me tonight? And don't be late And don't you come too soon