Peter Wolf was doing his thing in this song. Wolf is the complete package as a lead singer. He can give you a great voice to drive the songs and move around the stage like he is on fire. I would put him up as one of the best in rock. In the era of Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Rod Stewart, and Mick Jagger. Peter Wolf could keep up with the best…and still can.
The song Looking for a Love was originally recorded by The Valentinos, a soul group featuring Bobby Womack, in 1962. It became an R&B hit (#8) at the time and was written by J. W. Alexander and Zelda Samuels. The J Geils Band took the song and lit it up with energy. It’s some fantastic fun R&B that the band covered great. That was their strong suit…infectious driving live band who had soul and some funk to boot.
The J. Geils version peaked at #25 in Canada and #39 on the Billboard 100 in 1971. It was on the band’s second album called The Morning After. It peaked at #63 on the Billboard Album Charts and #73 in Canada.
Bobby Womack re-recorded it in 1974 and had a massive hit with it that peaked at #1 on the R&B Charts and #10 on the Billboard 100.
The J. Geils Band was formed in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The band came out of the Boston club scene in the late sixties. I always thought they should have been bigger than they were in the 1970s. They didn’t hit their commercial peak until the early 80s with Love Stinks, Come Back, and then the hugely popular Freeze-Frame album in 1983 but their 70s output gets lost at times and that is a big shame.
Also, there are a couple of you who recommended their live album Full House…that would be CB and John Holton…I appreciate it because it’s one of the best live albums I’ve heard.
Looking For a Love
Somebody help meSomebody help me nowSomebody help me now
Somebody help meFind my babySomebody help meFind my baby right now
I`m looking for a loveI`m looking for a loveI`m looking here and thereI`m searching everywhereI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
Gonna get up in the morningAnd rub my headI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
Fix my breakfastAnd bring it to my bedI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
Do my loveDo it all the timeI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
With lots of love and kissesBut people until thenI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
I`m looking for a loveI`m looking for a loveI`m looking here and thereI`m searching everywhereI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
Stay in my cornerAll the way, yeahI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
Stick by me, babyNo matter what they sayI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
I`ll give my loveTo her all the timeI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
Loving, kissingPeople on the wayI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
I`m looking for a loveI`m looking for a loveI`m looking here and thereI`m searching everywhereI`m looking for a loveTo call my own
Somebody help meTo find my babyI said I`ve got to findMy baby right now
I`m looking in the morningI`m looking at nightGot to find my babyBut she`s nowhere in sight
Somebody help meTo find my babyI said I`ve got to findMy baby right now
I`m looking in the morningI`m looking at nightGot to find my babyShe`s nowhere in sight
I`m looking, I`m lookingI`m looking, I`m looking……
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