"Lay A Little Lovin' on Me" | ||||
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Single by Robin McNamara | ||||
from the album Lay A Little Lovin' on Me | ||||
B-side | "I'll Tell You Tomorrow" | |||
Released | 1970 | |||
Genre | Pop / Rock | |||
Length | 3:04 | |||
Label | Steed | |||
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Robin McNamara singles chronology | ||||
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"Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" is a 1970 song written by Jeff Barry, Robin McNamara, and Jim Cretecos and recorded by Robin McNamara. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, [1] and was McNamara's only hit. "Lay A Little Lovin' On Me" also peaked at number 6 (for two weeks) on Canada's national RPM Top 100 singles chart in August 1970 [2] (#80 YearEnd [3] ), and at number 49 in Australia in 1970. [4] It wasn't his only charting single in Canada - the follow-up single "Got To Believe In Love" did reach number 62. [5]
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Robin McNamara was an American musician, singer and songwriter.
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