You'll Lose a Good Thing

"You'll Lose a Good Thing"
Single by Barbara Lynn
from the album You'll Lose a Good Thing
Released	August 1962
Format	45" single
Recorded	1962
Genre	Rhythm & blues
Length	2:53
Label	Jamie Records^[1]
Songwriter(s)	Huey P Meaux and Barbara Lynn Ozen
Producer(s)	Huey P Meaux

"You'll Lose a Good Thing"

Single by Freddy Fender

from the album Rock 'N' Country

Released

January 1976

Format

Recorded

1975

Genre

country

Length

2:53

Label

ABC-Dot Records

Songwriter(s)

Huey P Meaux and Barbara Lynn Ozen

Producer(s)

Huey P Meaux

Freddy Fender singles chronology

"Secret Love"
(1975)

"You'll Lose a Good Thing"
(1976)

"Vaya con Dios"
(1976)

"You'll Lose a Good Thing" is a popular song written by rhythm and blues artist Barbara Lynn Ozen, who, performing as Barbara Lynn, scored a 1962 Top 10 hit, peaking at #8 and also the number 1 spot on the R&B charts,^[2] with her bluesy rendition of the song.^[3]

Cover versions

Freddy Fender retained those bluesy, soulful elements when he recorded a country version of the song in 1975. In April 1976, the song was his fourth No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.^[4]
The song was also recorded by Aretha Franklin and released on her Runnin' Out of Fools album in 1964.^[5]^[6]
McAlmont & Butler also covered the song and it features on their 1995 album The Sound Of... McAlmont & Butler.

Use in media

Barbara Lynn's recording is featured in the film Hairspray.

Charts

Barbara Lynn

Chart (1962)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	8

Freddy Fender

Chart (1976)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	32

References

↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/1220
↑ Steve Huey (1942-01-16). "Barbara Lynn | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
↑ "BLUES ACCESS Online: Barbara Lynn". Bluesaccess.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 121.
↑ "Runnin' Out of Fools - Aretha Franklin | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
↑ The Essential Rock Discography by Martin C. Strong (2006), p. 413, Canongate Books, ISBN 978-1841953120

Preceded by "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles	Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single (Barbara Lynn version) August 4, 1962 – August 18, 1962	Succeeded by "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva
Preceded by "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" by Don Williams	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single (Freddy Fender version) April 3, 1976	Succeeded by "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" by Tammy Wynette

Freddy Fender
Studio albums	Before the Next Teardrop Falls (1974) Are You Ready for Freddy? (1975) Since I Met You Baby (1975) Rock 'n' Country (1976) Your Cheatin' Heart (1976) If You're Ever in Texas (1976) If You Don't Love Me (1977) Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad (1977) Swamp Gold (1978) Tex-Mex (1979) The Texas Balladeer (1979) Favorite Ballads (1991) La Música de Baldemar Huerta (2002)
Live albums	Recorded Inside Louisiana State Prison (1975)
Compilation albums	The Best of Freddy Fender (1977) The Freddy Fender Collection (1991) His Greatest Recordings (1978)
Singles	"Before the Next Teardrop Falls" "Since I Met You Baby" "Secret Love" "The Wild Side of Life" "You'll Lose a Good Thing" "Vaya con Dios" "Living It Down" "The Rains Came" "Squeeze Box" "Please Talk to My Heart"

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