Delaney and Bonnie – Never Ending Song Of Love

I heard this song as a kid constantly but never knew who was singing it. It was written by Delaney Bramlett, and, according to some sources, by his wife Bonnie Bramlett. It was originally recorded with his band, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, in 1971 on the album Motel Shot. 

So many great musicians played on Motel Shot. Duane Allman, Joe Cocker, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Dave Mason, Gram Parsons, Leon Russell, Clarence White, and Bobby Whitelock just to name a few. Delaney and Bonnie were important in the lives of Eric Clapton and George Harrison. 

George and Eric with Delaney and Bonnie

Coming out of Cream…Eric liked the looseness of the band as they traveled around with members going in and out. He jumped in and toured and brought George Harrison with him. Both men developed a deep, abiding, and…as it would turn out, decades-long fascination with acoustic-based music. And a musical linchpin for both of them was the husband and wife duo, Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Though they enjoyed success on their own, the Bramletts are most often remembered for their associations with other musicians.

As the title suggests…they did record some of the album in a motel room and in Bruce Botnick’s (audio engineer and record producer) living room. They treated the recording like a party. Whichever musicians were there…that was who was on the song. They recorded this in the summer of 1970 and after switching record companies…it was released in 1971. There is still confusion on who played on what track. 

The song peaked at #1 in New Zealand,  #13 on the Billboard 100, and #6 in Canada in 1971.

Never Ending Song Of Love

I’ve Got A Never Ending Love For You
From Now On That’s All I Wanna Do
From The First Time We Met I Knew
I’d Have Never Ending Love For You

I’ve Got A Never Ending Love For You
From Now On, That’s All I Wanna Do
From The First Time We Met I Knew
I’d Have A Never Ending Love For You

After All This Time Of Being Alone
We Can Love One Another
Feel For Each Other
From Now On

It’s So Good I Can Hardly Stand It

Never Ending Love For You
From Now On That’s All I Wanna Do
From The First We Met I Knew
I’d Sing My Never Ending Song Of Love For You

Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do….

After All This Time Of Being Alone
We Can Love One Another
Feel For Each Other
From Now On

It’s So Good I Can Hardly Stand It

Never Ending Love For You
From Now On That’s All I Wanna Do
From The First We Met I Knew
I’d Sing My Never Ending Song Of Love For You

I’ve Got A Never Ending Love For You
From Now On That’s All I Wanna Do
From The First Time We Met I Knew
I’d Sing My Never Ending Song Of Love For You

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, Alternative music, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player. Not the slightest bit interested in politics at all.

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      4. Since I can’t post to this topic I’ll just reply to yours, what many here don’t realize, as obviously no one has donw much research on DB & F, is that Delaney had a tremendous influence on a lot of rock ‘n roll greats, like Eric Clapton who/whom (?) he convinced to start singing, George Harrison whom he taught to play slide guitar & many others. He was a phenomenal songwriter and actually co-wrote My Sweet Lord with George Harrison in addition to others that he sold or gave to other artists. His only drawback was, according to two of his ex-wives, Bonnie & Coco Carmel, current wife of Bobby Whitlock who played with DB & F, in addition to Derek & the Dominoes.

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      5. I keep these posts short for the most part. I know he had a huge influence on George Harrison and others.
        I dont understand though why you can’t post a new comment…I never close them.

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      6. Max, you’re correct, I guess I didn’t scroll down far enough to see how to comment; maybe it was because I accessed the site through a Google search for info on one of DB & F’s songs and may not have been on the website per se. Sorry about that.

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    2. Aw shit, I posted my other comment w/o completing the last sentence, what I meant to add at the end was, according to those two women he was a terrible husband, bad-tempered & ofttimes violent.

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  2. This song was so catchy and easy to sing along to. It seems like everybody covered it, and local bands all had it in their set lists. I didn’t realize Delaney and Bonnie were so connected with other rock stars like Harrison and Clapton. This song seemed like something separate from that genre.

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    1. I guess it was a break from what they were doing…nothing set in stone…you just go out on stage with a different lineup nightly sometimes. Musicians drifted in and out.

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  3. I ran into the album “Delaney & Bonnie & Friends On Tour with Eric Clapton” in a cut-out bin in 1971-72 and wondered, who are these guys with such friends? Bonnie has been singing with Tracy Nelson since moving to Tennessee. They’ve done some great duets.

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    1. She does have a really good voice. I didn’t know much about them either. They ended so abruptly. This was their biggest hit and a year after they were gone because of the divorce.
      I just checked out Bonnie and Tracy Nelson on a few live cuts…they do sound really good.

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  4. Well people are sleeping in a bit today it seems, eh? when I saw the title, I thought ‘nope, don’t know it’ but after about 10 seconds of listening I went ‘Oh! That one! Yeah!’. quite a good song, I wouldn’t have known who it was. I think it was used in some TV commercial in the ’90s(?) but I can’t recall for what.

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    1. Yea it’s been slower for the past few days.
      Yea it’s a song you have to hear to recognize…at least me anyway. They didn’t lack in star power lol.

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    2. Ha ha! Just when I thought – finally a song that will result in nobody going on about The ******* Beatles!!! 😦

      Oh I guess Harrison hung around with them, I’ll let you off! It could have been written by Harrison I suppose….

      Hell, no – it’s Delaney & Bonnie, it’s nothing to do with The B****** !

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      4. It’s probably the most honest thing about them. The anthology is great but I never trust when the subjects tell the story.

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    1. They have been on my brain for at least 1-2 months… you usually know what I’m reading by what I post many times. I’m re-reading Tune In… I’m about to re-read Spanish Tony’s book about the Stones…so for a few weeks you will see a lot of Stones posts lol.

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      1. I was listening to the radio in the car the other day (blu tooth and spotify are on the fritz again) and the announcer (a recording no doubt) misidentified a Rolling Stones tune as somebody else. That is reason to ban a radio channel imo. Shabby, real shabby. About including at lot of Stones posts in a few weeks, it coincides very nicely with the release of their new album, which I have pre-ordered. Everywhere I see blurbs on it they are good.

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      2. I have heard it is really good…I want to hear the song that Paul McCartney plays the bass on with them….a song called “Bite My Head Off”

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      4. I was listening to the radio at some point and they played Stairway To Heaven but cut it off just before the guitar solo, with the presenter saying “ooh that one goes on a bit doesn’t it???”. She should have been sacked on the spot!

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  10. Eric liked the looseness of the band and probably scoping to see whose wife he could scoop! lol Never know this act existed Max. Another rock n roll history lesson I have learned here…

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  12. GREAT POST filled with wonderful new (to me) information. I knew Eric hooked up with Delaney & Bonnie and may remember George had something to do with it, but all of the rest is new — including who it was who this even was when it got airplay way back when. Makes me want to hear the whole album.

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    1. The other stuff…some of it is much rawer with Duane Allman. They did record a lot of it in motel rooms which is really cool.
      Thank you Lisa!

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  13. I remember this song. Even the title jogged my memory. And, I remember this version…not so much the other one (Seekers re-make). This song stuck with me as I had members of my family (maternal side) that were musicians. Not only did my maternal grandmother & her brother play this, her brother had the album. My grandmother played banjo and her brother was a fiddler. Another brother played drums (can’t remember which one…my grandmother was the oldest of six). My great-grandfather played a fiddle.

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      1. Eh. Just one side and one generation removed. My mom and her brothers never played any instruments but, my mom did say she was in glee club. Past that, I do have a maternal first cousin (he & I are a month apart in age) that is a musician. He is an odd bird. He is 6′ 8″ but, could not play basketball. He said he had “white man’s disease.” He is also a computer geek, like we are and gives guitar lessons on the side. He is a nice guy but…weird.

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      3. Definition of hinoeuma (I was intrigued!)

        “The year of the fire horse in the sexagenary cycle of the Japanese traditional calendar, last occurring in 1966. Women born in these years supposedly make poor wives”.

        Does this apply to you in any way? 🙂

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  16. I was mad on the song when I was 13 – by the New Seekers though, complete with Sesame Street styled whoops and harmony singing when it was huge in the UK 1 in 1971. When I eventually got to hear the original it seemed quite restrained 🙂

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