"Soul Serenade" is a jazz instrumental written by King Curtis (Curtis Ousley) and Luther Dixon. Curtis played the lead on a B-flat saxello, a version of the soprano sax.Luther Dixon: songwriter and producer "...together they wrote Soul Serenade, which Curtis performed on a B-flat soprano saxophone called a saxello" The song was released on Curtis' 1964 album "Soul Serenade".
Charts + Chart performance for "Soul Serenade" Chart (2025) Peakposition Jamaica Airplay () 6
Cover versions Aretha Franklin on I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967) Willie Mitchell, backed by Cannonball Adderley's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"; It peaked at #43 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1968. The Allman Brothers Band, woven into a performance of Willie Cobbs' "You Don't Love Me" during a concert, "Live from A&R Studios", held in Manhattan on August 26, 1971, and broadcast by WPLJ-FM. The song was released on the band's Dreams compilation in 1989. The Derek Trucks Band on Soul Serenade (2003) and Songlines Live (DVD, 2006) Gloria Lynne Maxine Brown David Sanborn Jeff Golub
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