A Lover's Question Explained

A Lover's Question
Type:single
Artist:Clyde McPhatter
B-Side:I Can't Stand Up Alone
Released:September 1958
Recorded:1958
Genre:Soul
Label:Atlantic Records
Prev Title:Lover Please
Prev Year:1958
Next Title:Lovey Dovey
Next Year:1959

"A Lover's Question" is a 1958 Pop, R&B hit for Clyde McPhatter. The single was written by Brook Benton and Jimmy T. Williams and was Clyde McPhatter's most successful Pop and R&B release. The bass singer is Noah Hopkins. "A Lover's Question" made it to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was #1 for one week on the R&B chart.[1]

Background

Jacky Ward version

A Lover's Question
Type:single
Artist:Jacky Ward
Album:A Lover's Question
B-Side:She Belongs to Me
Released:February 1978
Genre:Country
Label:Mercury
Producer:Jerry Kennedy
Prev Title:Fools Fall in Love
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Three Sheets in the Wind
Next Year:1978

In 1978, Jacky Ward had a successful remake of the song, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)3
US Easy Listening (Billboard)[3] 32
US Billboard Hot 100106
Canadian RPM Country Tracks6
Canadian RPM Top Singles98

Year-end charts

Other cover versions

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 392.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 371.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 250.
  4. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1978. Billboard. August 1, 2021.
  5. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  8. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 284.