''Share My Love'' is the second studio album by

Gloria Jones Gloria Richetta Jones (born October 19, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the United Kingdom, being recognized there as "The Queen of Northern Soul". She recorded the 1965 hit song "Tainted Love" and has wo ...

, released in 1973. Dedicated to the memory of Gloria's friend, Lee Jacobs. It was received well by critics and the Motown industry, however was not promoted, as Gloria decided instead to work with

Marc Bolan Marc Bolan ( ; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan was posthumously inducted int ...

and T. Rex. In a 2002 interview, conducted by James Ellis, Gloria was quoted: "I had just finished recording an album called ''Share My Love'' for Motown and the manager called me and said he wanted to book me into the Continental in LA, where

Bette Midler Bette Midler (;''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, Midler has received List of awards and nominations received by Be ...

had just broken. I got a call from Marc and he said: 'I need you to come and help me finish an album in Germany.' I made the decision to go with him. I sent my management a telegram from Germany saying: 'Sorry, I'm in love.' " ''Share My Love'' was given its first official CD release in March 2009.

Track listing

Side One #"Share My Love" (Gloria Jones,

Janie Bradford Janie Bradford (born June 2, 1939 in Charleston, Missouri, United States) is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money (That's What I Want)", originally recorded by Barrett Strong, and t ...

) 6:45 #"Why Can't You Be Mine" (Gloria Jones, Beverly Gardner) 3:25 #"Try Love" (Gloria Jones, Raymond Gibson, Addison Terry) 5:00 #"Tin Can People" (Gloria Jones, Beverly Gardner) 2:30 Side Two #"Oh Baby" (Richard Jones, Andre Moore, Delton Williams) 3:30 #"Old Love, New Love" (Gloria Jones) 4:15 #"So Tired (Of The Way You're Treating Our Love Baby)" (Gloria Jones,

Paul Riser Paul Riser (born September 11, 1943) is an American trombonist and Motown musical arranger who was responsible for co-writing and arranging dozens of top ten hit records. His legacy as one of the "Funk Brothers" is similar to that of most of the ...

) 4:20 #"Baby Don'tcha Know (I'm Bleeding For You)" (Gloria Jones) 3:10 #"What Did I Do To Lose You" (Gloria Jones,

Pam Sawyer Pamela Joan Sawyer (born 1938) is a British songwriter/lyricist, who started writing songs in the mid-1960s and whose credits as a co-writer at Motown included " Love Child", " If I Were Your Woman", "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left ...

) 3:05

Production

*Produced by Tom Thacker for Corduroy *Arranged by

''(except "Oh Baby" arranged by Richard Jones, Andre Moore and Paul Riser)'' *Engineer: John Horton for Cordouroy *Recordists: Gary Ladinsky, Chris Morris, John Henning, Austin Godsey & Lee Kiefer *Photography: Fred Marx ''(cover)'', Chuck Leopold ''(liner)''

Personnel

On "Share My Love", "Why Can't You Be Mine", "So Tired" and "What Did I Do To Lose You" *Stan Seymour, David T. Walker - lead guitar *Roderick "Peanut" Chandler - bass *Jai Winding - keyboards *Hubert Heard - organ *Dale Loyola - drums *Joe Clayton,

Bobbye Hall Porter Bobbye Jean Hall is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 20 songs that reached the top ten in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Early career, work for Motown and move to ...

- congos, percussion *

Greg Abate Greg Abate (born May 31, 1947)Yanow, ScottGreg Abate Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-02-05 is a jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In the fifth grade he began to play clarinet. Career ...

Ernie Fields Ernest Lawrence Fields (August 28, 1904 – May 11, 1997)Laprarie, Michael Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' (accessed May 14, 2010). was an American trombonist, pianist, arranger and bandleader. He first became known for leadin ...

- tenor saxophone on "Share My Love" *Mike Crawford - trumpet *David Stout - trombone on "So Tired & What Did I Do To Lose You" *Gloria Jones, Oma Drake, Stephanie Spruill - backing vocals On "Try Love", "Baby Don'tcha Know", "Oh Baby", "Old Love New Love" and "Tin Can People" *Charles Grimes - guitar *

Willie Weeks Willie Weeks (born August 5, 1947) is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also ga ...

- bass *Jai Winding, Andre Moore, Bill Cuomo - keyboards on "Tin Can People" *

Earl Palmer Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer was one of the most prolific studio musicians of al ...

- drums on "Old Love New Love & Baby Don'tcha Know" *Joe Clayton,

Sam Clayton Sam Clayton (born March 30, 1952) is an American singer and percussionist, primarily focusing on drums, conga and djembe, throughout his musical career. He is best known as a supporting vocalist and percussionist with the American rock band Lit ...

- congos *

Don Menza Don Menza (born April 22, 1936) is an American jazz saxophonist. Career Menza was born in Buffalo, New York. After serving in the U.S. Army, he was part of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra from 1960 to 1962 and then briefly worked for Stan Kento ...

- tenor saxophone, flute *Charles Loper - trombone *

Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...

, Paul Hubinon - trumpet *Ray Pizzi - baritone saxophone *Neil Levang - mandolin on "Oh Baby" *Gloria Jones, Gwen Edwards, Marsha Smith, Marsha Temmer, Laura Creamer, Oma Drake, Jessica Smith - backing vocals {{Authority control 1973 albums Gloria Jones albums Motown albums albums produced by Paul Riser