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Ben Vereen

I’ll Keep My Light in My Window

1975 · via 50 Cent

Ben Vereen’s 1975 recording of “I’ll Keep My Light in My Window” is the earliest release on file. Leonard Caston and Terri McFaddin are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (released 1979), The Temptations (released 1984) and Smokey Robinson (released 1994), among 7 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. 50 Cent’s “God Gave Me Style” (2005) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

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Before it ran under 50 Cent, that song had Ben Vereen's voice on it first, then Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, then The Temptations. Start with Vereen's 1975 cut and you'll hear where the style in the title came from.

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Credited writers: Leonard Caston and Terri McFaddin.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1975.

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50 Cent’s “God Gave Me Style” (2005) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

7 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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50 Cent's "God Gave Me Style" carries the writing credit of "I'll Keep My Light in My Window." Who made the first recording of that earlier song?Ben Vereen
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