A Lover's Question

"A Lover's Question"
Single by Clyde McPhatter
B-side"I Can't Stand Up Alone"
ReleasedSeptember 1958
Recorded1958
GenreSoul
Length2:36
LabelAtlantic Records
SongwritersBrook Benton
Jimmy T. Williams[1]
Clyde McPhatter singles chronology
"Lover Please"
(1958) 		"A Lover's Question"
(1958) 		"Lovey Dovey"
(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.[2]

Background

  • The best-known version of the song is in mono. However, a stereo version was released on the LP Atlantic History of Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 4, along with several other rare stereo versions of late 1950s Atlantic hits.

Jacky Ward version

"A Lover's Question"
Single by Jacky Ward
from the album A Lover's Question
B-side"She Belongs to Me"
ReleasedFebruary 1978
GenreCountry
Length3:01
LabelMercury
SongwritersBrook Benton
Jimmy T. Williams
ProducerJerry Kennedy
Jacky Ward singles chronology
"Fools Fall in Love"
(1977) 		"A Lover's Question"
(1978) 		"Three Sheets in the Wind"
(1978)

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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 3
US Easy Listening (Billboard)[4] 32
US Billboard Hot 100 106
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 6
Canadian RPM Top Singles 98

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 42

Other cover versions

See also

References

  1. ^ BMI entry for song Accessed September 3, 2010
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 392.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 371.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 250.
  5. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1978". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  7. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 284.


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