Love Town Explained

Type:single
Artist:Booker Newberry III
Album:Love Town
B-Side:Doin' What Comes Naturally
Released:April 1983
Recorded:1982
Genre:Soul[1]
Length:5:18 (Long Version)
Label:The Boardwalk Entertainment Co (US)
Next Title:Teddy Bear
Next Year:1983

"Love Town" is a solo single co-written by Len Barry and Bobby Eli and released by the former Sweet Thunder and Impact member, Booker Newberry III in 1983. It was taken from the same-titled album released later that year.

While the single and album had limited success in his home country of the U.S., Newberry's single was popular enough across the Atlantic to reach #6 on the UK Singles Chart, his only significant chart hit in either country.[2] It remained his signature song.

Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[3] 6
US Billboard Dance[4] 66
US Billboard R&B46

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Love Town (1983): Album review by Justin Kantor. AllMusic. 4 September 2020.
  2. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 393.
  3. Web site: Love Town - full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. 28 May 1983. 24 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Booker Newberry III Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography. Music VF. 16 May 2020.