Lonely Women Make Good Lovers Explained

Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
Cover:Lonely_Women_Make_Good_Lovers_-_Bob_Luman.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Bob Luman
Album:Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
B-Side:Love Ought to Be a Happy Thing
Released:September 2, 1972
Genre:Country
Length:3:10
Label:Epic
Producer:Glenn Sutton
Prev Title:It Takes You
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:Neither One of Us
Next Year:1973
Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
Type:single
Artist:Steve Wariner
Album:Midnight Fire
B-Side:I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me
Released:December 10, 1983
Genre:Country
Length:3:14
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:Tony Brown, Norro Wilson
Prev Title:Midnight Fire
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Why Goodbye
Next Year:1984

"Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" is a song written by Freddy Weller and Spooner Oldham, and first recorded by American country music artist Bob Luman. Luman's version was the second single from his 1972 album of the same name. He released the single on August 2, 1972, and it debuted on the Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts in September, spending nineteen weeks on it and peaking at number 4.[1] Weller released his version of the song on his October 1972 album, The Roadmaster.

In December 1983, Steve Wariner covered the song for his album Midnight Fire on RCA Nashville. Wariner's rendition of the song first charted on the same chart in December 1983, also reaching a peak of number 4 in early 1984.[2]

Chart performance

Steve Wariner

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 248–249. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Whitburn, pp. 447–448
  3. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4240.pdf Country Playlist