Share Your Love with Me
Appearance
"Share Your Love with Me" | ||||
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Blues | ||||
Length | 2:36 | |||
Label | Duke Records 377 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone | |||
Producer(s) | Ronnie Shannon | |||
Bobby "Blue" Bland singles chronology | ||||
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"Share Your Love with Me" is a song written by Alfred Braggs and
Grammy Award for her 1969 rendition.[1] Other artists who covered the song include The Band in 1973, Kenny Rogers in 1981, and most recently, Van Morrison
in 2016.
Bobby "Blue" Bland version
Bobby "Blue" Bland recorded the song for his 1963 album, Call on Me. His version peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart.[2][3] It also reached #15 in Canada.[4]
Chart performance
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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Canada RPM Top Singles[4] | 15 |
US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 42 |
U.S. Cashbox Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles | 5 |
Aretha Franklin version
"Share Your Love with Me" | ||||
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This Girl's in Love with You | ||||
B-side | "Pledging My Love"/The Clock" | |||
Released | July 1969 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 3:21 | |||
Label | Atlantic Records 2650 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone | |||
Producer(s) | Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler | |||
Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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This Girl's in Love with You. Her single spent five weeks at number-one on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 13, 1969.[6] The song earned Franklin a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female in 1970.[1] In March 1971 Aretha recorded two live versions of the song during her three-day concert at the Fillmore West in San Francisco; one of the two version is on the 2006 deluxe edition of Aretha Live at Fillmore West, and both versions are on the 2005 remastered Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live at Fillmore West.[7]
Chart performance
Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 13 |
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles | 1 |
Kenny Rogers version
"Share Your Love with Me" | ||||
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Single by Kenny Rogers | ||||
from the album Share Your Love | ||||
B-side | "Greybeard" | |||
Released | September 7, 1981 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:19 | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
Songwriter(s) | Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone | |||
Producer(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
Kenny Rogers singles chronology | ||||
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Adult Contemporary Singles
chart.
Chart performance
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 5 |
US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 14 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] | 5 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] | 1 |
Other versions
Other versions have been recorded by
.See also
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1969 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1981 (U.S.)
References
- ^ a b "Aretha Franklin". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. 23 November 2020.
- ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. pp. 34–35.
- ^ a b "Item: 8469 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
- ^ "Blue"-Bland/chart-history/HSI "Bobby "Blue" Bland Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 215.
- ^ "Aretha Franklin & King Curtis - Live At Fillmore West: Don't Fight The Feeling (CD)". Discogs.com. February 2005. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
- ^ "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
External links
- Aretha Franklin's version song review on Allmusic