Lost Music: I Need Your Loving (Don Gardner with Dee Dee Ford)

It's Valentine's Day!

Today's song that celebrates Valentine's Day is a great tune called I Need Your Loving...y'know, there aren't that many love songs that can top Don Garner & Dee Dee Ford's I Need Your Loving...you can just feel the wild energy grab ya when you listen to this recording...Ah Woooooooo!  I remember hearing this song back in 1962 and I still listen to it to this very day!

"During the ’60s, the definition of a  commercial R & B sound began to shift.    Musical forms like the blues and doo-wop were fading in popularity; Ike & Tina Turner’s  hot and sweaty sound was selling a lot of records.   In 1961, a keyboardist named Dee Dee Ford met Don Gardner, and together they taped a gutsy duet of Glory Of Love for New York’s KC Records.  The label sat on the sides until the duo’s I Need Your Loving took off and stimulated the need for more gospel­ influenced shouters. For a handful of  months– starting with I Need Your Loving Don and Dee Dee had their sassy screams and screeches featured on AM radio.   White boys and girls jumped all about. Glory Of Love (#75, 1962) charted later in the year, as did Don and Dee Dee’s official follow-up to I Need Your Loving, Don’t You Worry (#66). Internal discord was not apparent–if the two were fussin’, no one seemed to notice. By year’s end, however, Don and Dee Dee separated. Before an  unsuccessful one-off   reunion in 1966, they each issued a  few solo singles.   Don did resurface briefly in 1973 on the R & B charts with a tune called Forever, a duet, not with Dee Dee Ford, but with Jeanette Baby Washington." (Wayne Jancik, One Hit Wonders)

Hmmm, I guess sometimes...true love doesn't last forever but hey!  We still got the music!

 

I NEED YOUR LOVING

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 
(I need your loving everyday) 
Well, everyday (I need your loving everyday) 
Every hour(I need your loving everyday) 
Come on home, set my soul on fire, 
(I need your loving everyday) 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah 
(I need your loving everyday) 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, right now 
(I need your loving everyday) 
I say, I'm in love, love, love, whoa, yeah 
(I need your loving everyday) 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 
(I need your loving everyday) 
Well, everyday (I need your loving everyday) 
and every hour (I need your loving everyday) 
Come on home, set my soul on fire, 
(I need your loving everyday) 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 
(I need your loving everyday) 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, right now 
(I need your loving everyday) 
I say, I'm in love, love, love, whoa, yeah 
(I need your loving everyday) 
You hear what I say

(I need your loving everyday) 
I need your love everyday 
(I need your loving everyday) 
And every hour 
(I need your loving everyday) 
To set my soul on fire 
(I need your loving everyday) 

Whenever I say, I need your love everyday 
Well, every hour to set my soul on fire 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, right now 
Well, everybody needs someone sometime 

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 
Well, everyday, well, every hour 
Set my soul on fire 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah, yeah 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, right now 
Well, love, love, love, love 
Come on everyday 
Come on and give me your love 
I'm sayin', I need love, love, love, whoa, yeah 
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 
Well, everyday, well, every hour

 


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