A Sunday Kind of Love
“A Sunday Kind of Love” is a popular song composed by Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, and Louis Prima and published in 1946.
History
The song has become a pop and jazz standard, recorded by many artists. The song was first recorded by Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra on November 11, 1946. He released the song as a single in January, 1947 and it became permanently identified as the signature song for its vocalist, Fran Warren. Louis Prima and his Orchestra released his recording of the song in February 1947. The popularity of the up-tempo version by The Del-Vikings released in 1957 increased the song’s popularity. Despite having wide acclaim, the song never made the Billboard Top 40.
The song was featured in the jukebox musical Jersey Boys as well as the film version.
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AS Sung by Etta James
I want a Sunday kind of love
A love to last past Saturday night
And I’d like to know it’s more than love at first sight
And I want a Sunday kind of love
Oh, yeah, yeah
I want a, a, a love that’s on the square
Can’t seem to find somebody, someone to care
And I’m on a lonely road that leads to nowhere
I need a Sunday kind of love
I do my Sunday dreaming, oh yeah
And all my Sunday scheming
Every minute, every hour, every day
Oh, I’m hoping to discover
A certain kind of lover
Who will show me the way
And my arms need someone, someone to enfold
To keep me warm when Mondays and Tuesdays grow cold
Love for all my life, to have and to hold
Oh, and I want a Sunday kind of love
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
I don’t want a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday
Or Thursday, Friday or Saturday
Oh, nothing but Sunday, oh, yeah, yeah
I want a Sunday, Sunday
I want a Sunday kind of love, oh, yeah
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday kind of love
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