Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)

"Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)"
Single by Erma Franklin
B-side"Change My Thoughts From You"
Released1969
GenreR&B
Length2:14
LabelBrunswick
Songwriter(s)Carl Davis, Eugene Record
Erma Franklin singles chronology
"Right to Cry"
(1968)
"Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)"
(1969)
"Saving My Love"
(1969)

"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]

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

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Chart (1969) Peak
position
UK R&B (Record Mirror)[3] 20
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 40


References

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  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011 (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 1259. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  2. ^ https://secondhandsongs.com/work/152136/versions#nav-entity Secondhandsongs entry for "Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)"
  3. ^ "BRITAIN'S TOP R&B SINGLES" (PDF). Record Mirror. May 3, 1969. p. 11. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  4. ^ "Erma Franklin Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2022.