Brothers Johnson "Strawberry Letter 23" (Live 1977) | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

The Brothers Johnson "Strawberry Letter 23" is a song written and composed by Shuggie Otis from his 1971 album Freedom Flight. It is also widely known by the 1977 cover version recorded by the Brothers Johnson and produced by Quincy Jones. The song's chorus says "Strawberry Letter 22" instead of the actual title of the song. This is because the premise of the song is that a couple is exchanging love letters in musical form. The singer is creating "Strawberry Letter 23" as a reply to the song he

Strawberry Letter 23, especially the melodic opening, is a memorable song, and there are multiple versions of it, the 2nd of which became a hit. Shuggie Otis is a guitar virtuoso who gained notoriety as an LA teenager in the late 60s and early 70s. He wrote and recorded Strawberry Letter 23 for his 2nd album Freedom Flight, but then started sabotaging his career progress, perhaps intentionally, a few years later by declining opportunities from The Rolling Stones and Quincy Jones and taking too l