Eleven years later, Dell Graham passed away while her son serenaded her with "One in a Million You. The heart-tugging ballad went gold, holding the number one R&B spot for two weeks and going into the pop Top Ten during the summer of 1980. A one in a million you I was a lonely man with empty arms to fill Then I found a piece of happiness to call my own And life is worth livin again For to love you, to me, is to live A one in a million chance of a lifetime And life showed compassion And sent to me a stroke of love called 'You' A one in a million you A one in a million chance of a. their reaction was "what is this?" Understandable, since the label had hard funk hits with Graham as a member of GCS. Graham produced and played most of the instruments along with former GCS sidemen keyboardist Eric Daniels and guitarist William Rabb, with background vocals by Graham's wife, Tina Graham. It was tracked at Graham's home-recording studio. "One in a Million You" was written by master songwriter Sam Dees, whose credits include Loleatta Holloway's "Cry to Me," Frederick Knight's "I Betcha Didn't Know That," as well as hits by Atlantic Starr, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Dorothy Moore, and others. Cm I can be in love Cm Fmadd9 But i just don t know B Baby one thing is for certain E Whatever you do it s working A All the girls don t matter Fm In your presence can t do what you do G There s a million girls around but i don t see noone but you Chorus: Cm Fmadd9 Girl you re so one in a million B You are E Baby you re the best I ever. This one dollar bill would be 1 in one million of these dollars or 1 ppm. To see what 1 part per million looks like picture one of these dollar bills marked with a big X. Her wisdom would help to result in Graham's first number one hit after signing a solo deal with Warner Bros. Putting this into a real world perspective imagine what it would look like if you drive along a highway for about 95 miles and see dollar bills laid end to end the entire way. The bassist's mother, Dell Graham, had always stressed the importance of ballads to her son. Larry Graham had sung and played on hits by Sly & the Family Stone ("Dance to the Music," "Sing a Simple Song") and his own band, Graham Central Station both bands not exactly known for ballads, but more so for funk/rock workouts.
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