Songoftheday 3/30/15 - All this time I couldnt shake your memory, and I never knew the sweetest love was the first...

"Jimmy Lee" - Aretha Franklin
from the album Aretha (1986)
Billboard Hot 100 peak; #28 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 4

Today's Song of the Day comes from the Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who had closed out 1986 with a remake of the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" that made the top-40. The second single from the Aretha album also hearkened back to the 60s with the girl-group sounding track "Jimmy Lee". Co-written by her producer Narada Michael Walden, it had a sterile soul groove that only Aretha could overcome with her booming voice making the track a winner...

"Jimmy Lee" became the second top-40 pop hit from Aretha in February of 1987. The record did best on R&B radio, peaking at #2 on that chart, while also crossing over to both the adult contemporary (#17) and dance club play (#19) lists in Billboard magazine. Internationally, the record stopped just short of the top-40 in England at #46, and was a minor hit in Canada #64.

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...and here's a clip of Aretha singing "Jimmy Lee" live in 1986...

Up tomorrow: A song for Fievel.