I Need Your Lovin' (also: "Need Your Lovin'") is a popular

rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predomina ...

song written by Bobby Robinson and

Don Gardner Donald Gardner (May 9, 1931 – September 4, 2018) was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and drummer. His records included the 1962 hit " I Need Your Lovin'", with Dee Dee Ford. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Gardner started out ...

. Gardner, teamed up with singer Dee Dee Ford and scored a Top 20 hit with the song in 1962. The song features a false ending half way through, and then cranks right back up again. Like much R&B, the song displays a strong gospel influence. "I Need Your Lovin'" has been covered by many artists including

Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...

, on his debut 1964 album ''

Pain in My Heart Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with ...

''; and

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(the latter on his '' Along Came Jones'', 1965 debut album).

Buckwheat Zydeco Stanley Dural Jr. (November 14, 1947 – September 24, 2016), better known by his stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. His music gro ...

included the song on his 1983 album "100% Fortified Zydeco."

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