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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Share Your Love with Me
| name = Share Your Love with Me
| cover =
| Artist = [[Bobby Bland|Bobby "Blue" Bland]]
| Album = Call on Me
| alt =
| A-side =
| type = single
| B-side = "After It's Too Late"
| artist = [[Bobby Bland|Bobby "Blue" Bland]]
| Released = [[1964 in music|May 1964]]
| album = Call on Me
| B-side = After It's Too Late
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7" single]]
| Recorded =
| released = [[1964 in music|May 1964]]
| recorded =
⚫
| Genre = [[Blues music|Blues]]
| studio =
⚫
| Length = {{Duration|m=2|s=36}}
| Label = [[Duke Records]] 377
| venue =
| Writer = Ronnie Shannon
| genre = [[Blues music|Blues]]
⚫
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=36}}
⚫
| Producer = Alfred Braggs, [[Don Robey|Deadric Malone]]
⚫
| label = [[Duke Records]] 377
⚫
| Last single = "Ain´t Nothing You Can Do" <br / >(1964)
⚫
| writer = Alfred Braggs, [[Don Robey|Deadric Malone]]
| This single = "'''Share Your Love with Me'''"<br / >(1964)
| producer = Ronnie Shannon
⚫
| Next single = "Ain´t Doing Too Bad (Part 1)" <br / >(1964)
⚫
| prev_title = Ain´t Nothing You Can Do
| prev_year = 1964
⚫
| next_title = Ain´t Doing Too Bad (Part 1)
| next_year = 1964
}}
}}


"'''Share Your Love with Me'''" is a song written by Alfred Braggs and [[Don Robey|Deadric Malone]]. It was originally recorded by blues singer [[Bobby Bland|Bobby "Blue" Bland]]. Over the years, the song has been covered by various artists including [[Aretha Franklin]] in 1970 and [[Kenny Rogers]] in 1981.
"'''Share Your Love with Me'''" is a song written by Alfred Braggs and [[Don Robey|Deadric Malone]]. It was originally recorded by blues singer [[Bobby Bland|Bobby "Blue" Bland]]. Over the years, the song has been covered by various artists, most notably [[Aretha Franklin]] who won a [[Grammy Award]] for her 1969 rendition.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/aretha-franklin|title=Aretha Franklin|website=Recording Academy Grammy Awards|date=23 November 2020}}</ref> Other artists who covered the song include [[The Band]] in 1973, [[Kenny Rogers]] in 1981, and most recently, [[Van Morrison]] in 2016.


==Bobby "Blue" Bland version==
==Bobby "Blue" Bland version==
[[Bobby Bland|Bobby "Blue" Bland]] recorded the song for his 1963 album, ''Call on Me''. His version peaked at #42 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and #5 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles]] chart.<ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2002|edition= 1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn= 0-89820-155-1|pages=62–63}}</ref><ref name="whitburnr&b">{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=1996 |publisher=Record Research |pages=34–35}}</ref> He also reached number 15 in Canada.<ref>http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=8469&</ref>
[[Bobby Bland|Bobby "Blue" Bland]] recorded the song for his 1963 album, ''Call on Me''. His version peaked at #42 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and #5 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles]] chart.<ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2002|edition=1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-155-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/62 62–63]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/62}}</ref><ref name="whitburnr&b">{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=1996 |publisher=Record Research |pages=34–35}}</ref> It also reached #15 in Canada.<ref name="bac-lac1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=8469& |title=Item: 8469 - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref>


===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1964)
!align="left"|Chart (1964)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|align="left"|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles <ref>http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=8469&</ref>
|align="left"|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref name="bac-lac1"/>
|align="center"|15
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|42|artist=Bobby "Blue" Bland}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="center"|42
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles
|align="left"|U.S. ''Cashbox'' Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles
|align="center"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|}
|}


==Aretha Franklin version==
==Aretha Franklin version==
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Share Your Love with Me
| name = Share Your Love with Me
| Artist = [[Aretha Franklin]]
| cover =
| Album = [[This Girl's in Love with You]]
| alt =
| A-side =
| type = single
| artist = [[Aretha Franklin]]
| B-side = "[[Pledging My Love]]"/[[The Clock (song)|The Clock]]"
| Released = [[1969 in music|July 1969]]
| album = [[This Girl's in Love with You (album)|This Girl's in Love with You]]
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7" single]]
| B-side = "[[Pledging My Love]]"/[[The Clock (song)|The Clock]]"
| Recorded =
| released = [[1969 in music|July 1969]]
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
| studio =
⚫
| Length = {{Duration|m=3|s=21}}
| Label = [[Atlantic Records]] 2650
| venue =
| Writer = Alfred Braggs, [[Don Robey|Deadric Malone]]
| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
⚫
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=21}}
| Producer = [[Tom Dowd]], [[Arif Mardin]], [[Jerry Wexler]]
| label = [[Atlantic Records]] 2650
⚫
| Last single = "[[I Can't See Myself Leaving You]]" <br / >(1969)
⚫
| writer = Alfred Braggs, [[Don Robey|Deadric Malone]]
| This single = "'''Share Your Love with Me'''"<br / >(1969)
| Next single = "[[Today I Sing the Blues]]" <br / >(1969)
| producer = [[Tom Dowd]], [[Arif Mardin]], [[Jerry Wexler]]
⚫
| prev_title = [[I Can't See Myself Leaving You]]
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = [[Today I Sing the Blues]]
| next_year = 1969
}}
}}


[[Aretha Franklin]] recorded the song for her 1970 album, ''[[This Girl's in Love with You]]''. Her single spent five weeks at number-one on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Best Selling Soul Singles]] chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=215}}</ref> In March 1971 Aretha recorded two live versions of the song during her three-day concert at the [[Fillmore West]] in [[San Francisco]]; one of the two version is on the 2006 deluxe edition of ''[[Aretha Live at Fillmore West]]'', and both versions are on the 2005 remastered ''[[Aretha Live at Fillmore West#Don.27t Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin .26 King Curtis Live at Fillmore West|Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live at Fillmore West]]''.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Aretha-Franklin-King-Curtis-Live-At-Fillmore-West-Dont-Fight-The-Feeling/release/3811902 discogs - ''Aretha Franklin & King Curtis– Live at Fillmore West: Don't Fight the Feeling'' 2005]</ref>
[[Aretha Franklin]] recorded the song for her 1970 album, ''[[This Girl's in Love with You (album)|This Girl's in Love with You]]''. Her single spent five weeks at number-one on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Best Selling Soul Singles]] chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 13, 1969.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=215}}</ref> The song earned Franklin a [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]] in 1970.<ref name=":0" /> In March 1971 Aretha recorded two live versions of the song during her three-day concert at the [[Fillmore West]] in [[San Francisco]]; one of the two version is on the 2006 deluxe edition of ''[[Aretha Live at Fillmore West]]'', and both versions are on the 2005 remastered ''[[Aretha Live at Fillmore West#Don't Fight the Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live at Fillmore West|Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live at Fillmore West]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Aretha-Franklin-King-Curtis-Live-At-Fillmore-West-Dont-Fight-The-Feeling/release/3811902 |title=Aretha Franklin & King Curtis - Live At Fillmore West: Don't Fight The Feeling (CD) |website=Discogs.com |date=February 2005 |access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref>


===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1969)
!align="left"|Chart (1969)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|13|artist=Aretha Franklin}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="center"|13
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Best Selling Soul Singles
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Best Selling Soul Singles
|align="center"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
|}


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==Kenny Rogers version==
==Kenny Rogers version==
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> |
| Name = Share Your Love with Me
| name = Share Your Love with Me
| Cover = Kenny Rogers Share Your Love single.jpg
| cover = Kenny Rogers Share Your Love single.jpg
| Artist = [[Kenny Rogers]]
| alt =
| Album = Share Your Love
| type = single
| B-side = "Greybeard"
| artist = [[Kenny Rogers]]
| Released = September 7, 1981
| album = [[Share Your Love]]
| B-side = Greybeard
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7" single]]
| Recorded =
| released = September 7, 1981
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| studio =
⚫
| Length = {{Duration|m=3|s=19}}
| venue =
⚫
| Label = [[Liberty Records|Liberty]]
⚫
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
⚫
| Writer = Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone
⚫
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=19}}
⚫
| Producer = [[Lionel Richie]]
| Last single = "[[I Don't Need You]]"<br>(1981)
| label = [[Liberty Records|Liberty]]
| writer = Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone
| This single = "'''Share Your Love with Me'''"<br>(1981)
⚫
| producer = [[Lionel Richie]]
⚫
| Next single = "[[Blaze of Glory (Kenny Rogers song)|Blaze of Glory]]"<br>(1981)
| prev_title = [[I Don't Need You]]
| prev_year = 1981
⚫
| next_title = [[Blaze of Glory (Kenny Rogers song)|Blaze of Glory]]
| next_year = 1981
}}
}}
[[Kenny Rogers]] recorded this song for his 1981 album, ''Share Your Love''. It was released in September 1981 as the second single from the album. His version peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart. Rogers' version also reached number one on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary Singles]] chart.
[[Kenny Rogers]] recorded this song for his 1981 album, ''Share Your Love''. It was released in September 1981 as the second single from the album. His version, featuring [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]], peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart. Rogers' version also reached number one on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary Singles]] chart.


===Chart Performance===
===Chart performance===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1981)
!Chart (1981)
!Peak<br />position
!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|align="center"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|-
|Canadian ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary Tracks
|Canadian ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary Tracks
|align="center"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|14|artist=Kenny Rogers}}
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="center"|14
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|5|artist=Kenny Rogers}}
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles
|align="center"|5
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Kenny Rogers}}
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
|align="center"|1
|}
|}


==Other versions==
==Other versions==
Other versions have been recorded by [[Johnny Adams]], [[The Band]], [[Freddy Fender]], [[Charlie Rich]], [[The Fantastic Four (R&B Group)|The Fantastic Four]], [[Phoebe Snow]], and [[Susan Tedeschi]]
Other versions have been recorded by [[Johnny Adams]], [[the Band]], [[Shirley Brown]], [[Hope Clarke]], [[Freddy Fender]], [[The Fantastic Four (R&B Group)|The Fantastic Four]], [[Lonnie Mack]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Charlie Rich]], [[Phoebe Snow]], and [[Susan Tedeschi]].
[and Hope Clarke].


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t4845858|pure_url=yes}} Aretha Franklin's version song review] on [[Allmusic]]
*[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t4845858|pure_url=yes}} Aretha Franklin's version song review] on [[Allmusic]]


{{Aretha Franklin}}
{{Aretha Franklin}}
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{{Kenny Rogers}}

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[[Category:Aretha Franklin songs]]
[[Category:Kenny Rogers songs]]
[[Category:Kenny Rogers songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles]]
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[[Category:Song recordings produced by Arif Mardin]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Jerry Wexler]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Jerry Wexler]]

Latest revision as of 00:38, 6 November 2024

"Share Your Love with Me"
Single by Bobby "Blue" Bland
from the album Call on Me
B-side"After It's Too Late"
ReleasedMay 1964
GenreBlues
Length2:36
LabelDuke Records 377
Songwriter(s)Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone
Producer(s)Ronnie Shannon
Bobby "Blue" Bland singles chronology
"Ain´t Nothing You Can Do"
(1964) 		"Share Your Love with Me"
(1964) 		"Ain´t Doing Too Bad (Part 1)"
(1964)

"Share Your Love with Me" is a song written by Alfred Braggs and Deadric Malone. It was originally recorded by blues singer Bobby "Blue" Bland. Over the years, the song has been covered by various artists, most notably Aretha Franklin who won a Grammy Award for her 1969 rendition.[1] Other artists who covered the song include The Band in 1973, Kenny Rogers in 1981, and most recently, Van Morrison in 2016.

Bobby "Blue" Bland version

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Bobby "Blue" Bland recorded the song for his 1963 album, Call on Me. His version peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart.[2][3] It also reached #15 in Canada.[4]

Chart performance

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Chart (1964) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 15
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 42
U.S. Cashbox Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles 5

Aretha Franklin version

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"Share Your Love with Me"
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album This Girl's in Love with You
B-side"Pledging My Love"/The Clock"
ReleasedJuly 1969
GenreSoul
Length3:21
LabelAtlantic Records 2650
Songwriter(s)Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone
Producer(s)Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"I Can't See Myself Leaving You"
(1969) 		"Share Your Love with Me"
(1969) 		"Today I Sing the Blues"
(1969)

Aretha Franklin recorded the song for her 1970 album, This Girl's in Love with You. Her single spent five weeks at number-one on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 13, 1969.[6] The song earned Franklin a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female in 1970.[1] In March 1971 Aretha recorded two live versions of the song during her three-day concert at the Fillmore West in San Francisco; one of the two version is on the 2006 deluxe edition of Aretha Live at Fillmore West, and both versions are on the 2005 remastered Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live at Fillmore West.[7]

Chart performance

[edit]
Chart (1969) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 13
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles 1

Kenny Rogers version

[edit]
"Share Your Love with Me"
Single by Kenny Rogers
from the album Share Your Love
B-side"Greybeard"
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1981
GenreCountry
Length3:19
LabelLiberty
Songwriter(s)Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone
Producer(s)Lionel Richie
Kenny Rogers singles chronology
"I Don't Need You"
(1981) 		"Share Your Love with Me"
(1981) 		"Blaze of Glory"
(1981)

Kenny Rogers recorded this song for his 1981 album, Share Your Love. It was released in September 1981 as the second single from the album. His version, featuring Gladys Knight & the Pips, peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Hot Country Singles chart. Rogers' version also reached number one on the Adult Contemporary Singles chart.

Chart performance

[edit]
Chart (1981) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 5
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 14
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] 1

Other versions

[edit]

Other versions have been recorded by Johnny Adams, the Band, Shirley Brown, Hope Clarke, Freddy Fender, The Fantastic Four, Lonnie Mack, Van Morrison, Charlie Rich, Phoebe Snow, and Susan Tedeschi.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Aretha Franklin". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. 23 November 2020.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. pp. 34–35.
  4. ^ a b "Item: 8469 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  5. ^ "Blue"-Bland/chart-history/HSI "Bobby "Blue" Bland Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 215.
  7. ^ "Aretha Franklin & King Curtis - Live At Fillmore West: Don't Fight The Feeling (CD)". Discogs.com. February 2005. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  8. ^ "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
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