NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD
- 10 years ago
Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM, World music museum in Belgrade, IKA, BOKICA and fabulous DEJAN ROSIC, present FLEETWOOD MAC in 1969 and "Need Your Love So Bad" sometimes known as "I Need Your Love So Bad", is a blues song first published in 1955 and written by Mertis John Jr.
The first recording of the song was by Mertis John's younger brother Little Willie John and was released by King Records. It has been described as "A tightly wound and intense plea for love, it was quite different from the usual R&B ballad fare". Willie John's single achieved No. 5 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1956and the B-side "Home at Last" reached No. 6 in the same chart.
Fleetwood Mac released a cover of this song as single] which reached No. 31 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1968. Other artists who have released cover versions of the song include, David Byron, Whitesnake, Gary Moore (on his tribute album, Blues For Greeny), Irma Thomas, Buddy Guy, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Lee, Bonnie Tyler, Eva Cassidy, Deborah Bonham, Sting, B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, Pee Wee Crayton, The Keith Christmas Blues Band and Robert Palmer.
The songwriting credit has often been incorrectly attributed to Little Willie John. An example of this is the 1969 Fleetwood Mac album The Pious Bird of Good Omen, on which the original label gave the credit to Little Willie John.The performing rights organisation BMI credits the song to both John brothers.
The first recording of the song was by Mertis John's younger brother Little Willie John and was released by King Records. It has been described as "A tightly wound and intense plea for love, it was quite different from the usual R&B ballad fare". Willie John's single achieved No. 5 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1956and the B-side "Home at Last" reached No. 6 in the same chart.
Fleetwood Mac released a cover of this song as single] which reached No. 31 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1968. Other artists who have released cover versions of the song include, David Byron, Whitesnake, Gary Moore (on his tribute album, Blues For Greeny), Irma Thomas, Buddy Guy, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Lee, Bonnie Tyler, Eva Cassidy, Deborah Bonham, Sting, B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, Pee Wee Crayton, The Keith Christmas Blues Band and Robert Palmer.
The songwriting credit has often been incorrectly attributed to Little Willie John. An example of this is the 1969 Fleetwood Mac album The Pious Bird of Good Omen, on which the original label gave the credit to Little Willie John.The performing rights organisation BMI credits the song to both John brothers.