#lover please

Clyde McPhatter was the one of the most influence r&b singers of the 1950s. For more than a decade, he was the lead voice on some of the period’s most iconic records - “Sixty Minute Man” by Billy Ward & The Dominoes (1950), “Money Honey” by the Drifters (1954) and his biggest solo hit “A Lover’s Question” (1958) - and his smoother, more sophisticated approach lead directly to the soul music of the 1950s.

His 1962 hit “Lover Please” showed that he had the skills to continue to thrive as the musical landscape changed. Addictively catchy with its handclaps and its slinky piano, it showed he could still beat Motown at its own game given the right song (in this case provided by a young rock ’n roll performer Billy Swan).

Hermione Granger/Thorfinn Rowle

Summary: It's not like they believe in everlasting love.

Asking me to forget

is asking me to pretend

that the sun does not exist.

Lover, please - just hear this:

all I do is sit and reminisce 

while the moon cries back to me

Ghosts- Laura Marling

Today in Music History - April 14, 1962, “Lover Please” by Clyde McPhatter peaks at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100