Esther Phillips - Let Me Know When It's Over

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Let me know when it’s over
Just say the words and we’ll call it a day
The sensible way
Cos if you’re only joking with love
You’re making a mistake
Cos once my heart is broken
You know it’s gonna be too late

Too late to be friends
Too late to pretend
You can’t make amends
After I’m gone
So let me know when it’s over

You know I’d much rather hear it from you
When we are through
Cos someone else could tell me a lie
And I wouldn’t know
So if you wanna tell me goodbye
Just say it and go

Don’t play with my life
Don’t tie with my love
Don’t fool with my heart
If we must depart
Mmm, let me know when it’s over
Kiss me once and we’ll just say goodbye
I’ll try not to cry
But please let me know
Let me know when it’s over

Release Date: September 25, 1965

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Esther Phillips (born Esther Mae Jones, December 23, 1935, Texas – died August 7, 1984, California) was an American soul and blues singer who was an influence on many other artists including Aretha Franklin.
At age fourteen, she won an amateur talent contest in 1949 at the Barrelhouse Club owned by Johnny Otis. Otis was so impressed he added her to his traveling revue, the California Rhythm and Blues Caravan, billed as ‘Little Esther Phillips’.
Her first hit record was “Double Crossing Blues” (#1 R&B), recorded in 1950 for Savoy Records. She had another two #1 plus four top 10 hits in 1950. Few artists, R&B or otherwise, have ever enjoyed such success in their debut year.
By the mid-50ies she was ill due to drug abuse. In 1962 Phillips got well enough to launch a comeback. She recorded a country tune, “Release Me,” with producer Bob Gans. This went to number 1 on R&B listings. Her cover of The Beatles' song “And I Love Him” nearly made the R&B Top Ten in 1965 and The Beatles flew her to the UK for her first overseas performances.
During the 1970’s she scored an international hit with “What A Difference A Day Made”. Phillips died in 1984, at the age of 48 from liver and kidney failure.