Share Your Love with Me

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"Share Your Love with Me"
Single by Bobby "Blue" Bland
from the album Call on Me
B-side "After It's Too Late"
Released May 1964
Genre Blues
Length2:36
Label Duke 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.

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Bobby "Blue" Bland version

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

Chart (1964)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles [4] 15
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 42
U.S. Cashbox Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles5

Aretha Franklin version

"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"
Released July 1969
Genre Soul
Length3:21
Label Atlantic 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

Chart (1969)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 13
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles1

Kenny Rogers version

"Share Your Love with Me"
Kenny Rogers Share Your Love single.jpg
Single by Kenny Rogers
from the album Share Your Love
B-side "Greybeard"
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1981
Genre Country
Length3:19
Label Liberty
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

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks5
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 14
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 5
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [11] 1

Other versions

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.

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