"Lover Please"
Single by Clyde McPhatter
from the album Lover Please!
B-side"Let's Forget About the Past"
ReleasedFebruary 1962 (1962-02)
GenreRock and roll[1]
Length1:52
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Billy Swan
Producer(s)Shelby Singleton
Clyde McPhatter singles chronology
"Your Second Choice"
(1961) 		"Lover Please"
(1962) 		"Little Bitty Pretty One"
(1962)

"Lover Please" is a 1962 song written by Billy Swan and first recorded by the Rhythm Steppers in 1960. It is most known for the version performed by Clyde McPhatter on his 1962 album Lover Please![2] which set it up to reach No.7 on the U.S. pop chart.[3] Overseas, it reached No.6 in Norway. The song ranked No.41 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962.[4]

Other charting versions

Other versions

References

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (June 13, 2019). "The Number Ones: Billy Swan's "I Can Help"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 20, 2023. When Swan was in high school, he wrote a rock 'n' roll song called "Lover Please," which the former Drifters singer Clyde McPhatter took to #7 in 1962.
  2. ^ "Clyde McPhatter, Lover Please!". Discogs. 1962. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "Clyde McPhatter, "Lover Please" Chart Position". Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Singles of 1962", Billboard, Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Vernons Girls, "Lover Please" Chart Position". Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  6. ^ "Bobby G. Rice, "Lover Please" Chart Position". Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  7. ^ "Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, "Lover Please" Chart Position". Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  8. ^ "Arthur Alexander, You Better Move On". Discogs. 1962. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  9. ^ "The Marvelettes, The Marvelettes Sing". Discogs. 1962. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  10. ^ "Billy Swan, I Can Help". Discogs. 1974. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  11. ^ "Orion, Reborn". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  12. ^ "Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Back in Your Life". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  13. ^ "Status Quo, "The Anniversary Waltz (Part Two)" Single Release". Discogs. 1990. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  14. ^ "Kinky Friedman, Live from Austin TX". Discogs. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  15. ^ Graff, Gary (January 28, 2018). "Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson Talk Joint Album 'Amour': Hear 'Lover Please,' Feat. Billy Swan (Exclusive)". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2019.


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