What is the name of the oldie that Tupac's song "Do For Love" is taken from?

Question

This is hard one for me. I'm wondering what the name of the artist and song of the original song that Tupac based his song "Do For Love" on.

Answer 1

Its Bobby Caldwell in 1978 .In order to ensure significant airplay on the African American-dominated R&B radio format of the time, Caldwell's management took certain steps—such as portraying the artist only in silhouette on the cover and in advertisements—to hide the fact that he was white. The secret was, for obvious reasons, shattered by his first live appearances.


"While the original song still receives frequent airplay today, it has been covered, re-made (once, in 1998, by Caldwell himself) and sampled many times since 1978. Go West's version rose high in the adult contemporary charts, and Boyz II Men's version in 2004, Tupac Shakur's "Do for Love," which samples the lyric, also attained a good deal of popularity. In addition, "My Flame" was covered by actress/singer Vanessa Williams for her 1999 Greatest Hits cd and also sampled by Bad-Boy recording artist The Notorious B.I.G. and integrated into the song Sky's the Limit; which was also another major Rap/Hip-Hop hit.