Whole Lotta Lovin' (Fats Domino song)
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| artist = Fats Domino
| album = Fats Domino Swings
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| B-side = Coquette
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| released = {{start date|1958}}
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| genre = R&B
| length = {{duration|2:02}}
| label = Imperial
| writer = Fats Domino
Dave Bartholomew
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| prev_title = Young School Girl
| prev_year = 1958
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| next_title = Telling Lies
| next_year = 1959
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"Whole Lotta Lovin{{'}}" is a 1958 song by Fats Domino, written by Domino and Dave Bartholomew.Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs 1135463034 Bruce Pollock - 2014 "WHOLE LOTTA LOVING Artist: Fats Domino Written by:Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew Label: Imperial Produced by: Dave Bartholomew Year: 1958 Top 10 R&B/Top 10 crossover.
Background
The record won an Imperial Gold Record Award. To promote the comeback single Fats appeared on The Dick Clark Beechnut Show on November 8, 1958, with singers the Kalin Twins, Andy Williams, and Gordon MacRae.Rick Coleman Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll 2007 0306816334 "Apparently energized by the challenge of a comeback, Domino started an unusual media blitz to promote "Whole Lotta Loving." He appeared on The Dick Clark Beechnut Show on November 8 with whitebread singers the Kalin Twins, Andy Williams, and Gordon McCrae. Clark had to drag Fats from his hotel room to rehearse...." The lyrics begin "I got a whole lotta lovin' for you, true true love for you".
Chart performance
In the US, "Whole Lotta Lovin'" peaked at #2 on the Hot R&B Sides chart, and #6 on the Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=167}} The B-side to this recording was Fats Domino's version of Coquette.
Cover versions
The song was covered by:
- The Shakers (a cover name for Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes) 1964
- A.C. Reed on Chief Records 1964
- Errol Dixon 1965
- In 1972, Hank Williams Jr. and Lois Johnson covered the song as, "Whole Lotta Loving". This version peaked at #22 on the Hot Country Singles chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=389}}
- Jean Steakley 1972
- Professor Longhair on the album Crawfish Fiesta 1979
- Blake Xolton (Martian Records/Dan Kessel) 1981
- Bobby Moore, a Belgian singer 1986
- Trombone Shorty and Lenny Kravitz on the album Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino 2007
- Tiny Morrie, a Spanish version entitled "Te Voy A Dar Mis Amores" in the 1970s.