The Dramatics, In The Rain | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 9^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “In The Rain” by The Dramatics.

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 9^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “In The Rain”, performed by 🎙 The Dramatics.

“I wanna go outside in the rain / It may sound crazy, but I / Wanna go outside in the rain.” It does sound crazy to some extent but there is nothing crazy about the biggest hit of 🎙 The Dramatics’ catalog. 🎵 “In The Rain” earned the soul quintet a top-five hit on the pop charts, their second top-10 hit following 🎵 “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”.  Both songs appeared on The Dramatics’ debut LP, 💿 Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get. “In The Rain,” which was written by 🎼 ✍ Tony Hester, peaked at no. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Hester’s pen is tremendous. Furthermore, so is his production, which famously features rain, thunder, and lightning effects.  Furthermore, the instrumental sounds are awesome too, with the gorgeous keys, robust bass line, horns, and strings – this is 1970s soul after all! Besides the instrumental ear candy, the late, great 🎙 William “Wee Gee” Howard brings the heat on vocals.  So, why does Howard want to go outside in the rain? “‘Cause I, I think I’m gonna cry / And I, I don’t want you to see me cry.” There you go.  Later, he states the rain will camouflage those tears, of which, “I’m crying, because of you.” Woo! He does speak about better days BUT right now, he’s going through it – the rain of those pesky matters of the heart, that is! The Dramatics’ rain is our listening pleasure – one of the truly great soul classics of the 1970s.

🎙 The Dramatics •  💿 Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get • 🏷 Concord Music Group • 🗓 1971

The Dramatics, “In The Rain”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 9 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Concord Music Group; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]