R.B. Greaves, a pop singer whose Take a Letter, Maria was a 1969 hit, has died in Los Angeles. He was 68.
Ronald Bertram Greaves died of prostate cancer on Sept. 27 at his home.
Greaves was a nephew of the legendary R&B singer Sam Cooke.
Take a Letter, Maria tells the story of a man who comes home to find "the woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man."
He dictates a final letter to her through his secretary.
The song, with its soul style, catchy chorus and brassy horn edge, went to No. 2.
