Barbara Lewis (born 9 February 1943, Salem, near Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues. Career Barbara Lewis was writing and recording by her teens with record producer Ollie McLaughlin (a black DJ at Ann Arbor radio station WHRV, now WAAM, who is also credited with discovering Del Shannon). Lewis' first single release in 1962, the uptempo "My Heart Went Do Dat Da," did not chart nationally, but was a local hit in the Detroit, Michigan area. She wrote all of the songs on her debut LP, including the hit "Hello Stranger." Though her follow-ups did not have the same success, her song "Someday We're Gonna Love Again" was covered by The Searchers for a British Invasion hit. In the 1960s, Lewis recorded in New York, with producers Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler, leading to commercially-successful hits like "Baby I'm Yours," (which was written by Van McCoy), and "Make

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