"Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)" is a song released in August of 1969 that became a hit on Billboard's R&B chart, reaching #40, for Erma Franklin. It was written by Carl Davis and Eugene Record. The song was Franklin's last R&B hit. It was Brunswick # 55403.[1]
| "Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)" | ||||
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| Single by Erma Franklin | ||||
| B-side | "Change My Thoughts From You" | |||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:14 | |||
| Label | Brunswick | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Carl Davis, Eugene Record | |||
| Erma Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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The first version of the song was released as an instrumental in June of 1969 by the soul and jazz ensemble Young-Holt Unlimited. Many years later, blues singer Angela Strehli covered the song on her 1993 album Blonde and Blue.[2]
Charts
edit| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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| UK R&B (Record Mirror)[3] | 20 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] | 40 |
References
edit- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011 (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 1259. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- ^ https://secondhandsongs.com/work/152136/versions#nav-entity Secondhandsongs entry for "Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)"
- ^ "BRITAIN'S TOP R&B SINGLES" (PDF). Record Mirror. May 3, 1969. p. 11. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ "Erma Franklin Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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