Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)
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| "Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)" | ||||
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| Single by Erma Franklin | ||||
| B-side | "Change My Thoughts From You" | |||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:14 | |||
| Label | Brunswick | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Carl Davis, Eugene Record | |||
| Erma Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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"Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)" is a song released in August of 1969 that became a hit on Billboard's R&B chart, reaching #40, for Erma Franklin. It was written by Carl Davis and Eugene Record. The song was Franklin's last R&B hit. It was Brunswick # 55403.[1]
The first version of the song was released as an instrumental in June of 1969 by the soul and jazz ensemble Young-Holt Unlimited. Many years later, blues singer Angela Strehli covered the song on her 1993 album Blonde and Blue.[2]