The Raes ~ A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away) 1978 Disco Purrfection Version

The Raes were a married couple with Robbie Rae, born May 17, 1954 Resloven, Wales and Cherrill Yates born in Carlisle, Wales but moved as a child to St Thomas Ontario, Canada. When she turned 17 Cherrill returned to South Wales in the UK where her father had been born to start a musical career.

Entering herself in a singing competition at a local pub in Wales and was lucky enough to find an agent who was willing to work with her and set her on a tour of nightclubs, theatres and cabaret in and around the UK. During one rehearsal she met Robbie Rae and she knew she met the man for her. One year later they married and formed The Raes.

They moved to Canada pergorming all over the country then becoming a successful husband and wife duo, they released their first single, "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool For You Baby) in 1976. Their next single "Sign On The Dotted Line" was issued later on the same year after they signed on the dotted line for A&M Records. Next was their disco version of Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera" and then a disco cover of Jay & The Americans "Cara Mia" attaining some success.

Ex Motown house producer Freddie Perren agreed to produce their next single, an original Perren-Fekaris tune they wrote called "A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away) a bouncy disco tune that was tailor made for the couple. The song was released on on December 16, 1978, peaking at #11 in Canada, and #61 on the Hot100, but did much better on the US disco chart peaking at #5, a very respectable showing. The follow up "I Only Wanna Get Up & Dance" peaked at #12 pop in Canada, completely missing the Hot100 in the US. The disco chart was much kinder where it reached #47 and was their final charting song.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation offered the couple a five year contract to star and develop their own variety show titled "The Raes" and their spectacular guest list included Sylvester, Grace Jones, Abba and Maxine Nightingale among so many others. The daily pressures of fame broke up their marriage and they parted friends in 1983. He had a #23 disco hit with his "Finger's On It" later that same year and moved to Thailand a few years later.

In 2004, he was in Phuket, Thailand when the country was hit by a tsunami when he went missing, but happily was found safe later on. Sadly he passed away on February 9, 2006.

Cherrill has never stopped performing, she remarried and kick started her solo career by forming or joining several acts in addition to performing on cruise ships. She still does the occasional nightclub act and currently resides in Florida. Stop in and give her a shout! You can visit her website here https://www.cherrillraeyates.com/