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"A Woman, a Lover, a Friend" is the 1960 follow up single to "Doggin' Around" performed by Jackie Wilson. Just as its predecessor, the single made it to number one on the R&B charts, where it stayed at the top spot for one month. "A Woman, a Lover, a Friend", also charted on the Hot 100 peaking at number fifteen.[1]

"A Woman, a Lover, a Friend"
Single by Jackie Wilson
from the album A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
B-side	"(You Were Made for) All My Love"
Released	June 1960 (1960-06)
Genre	Soul
Label	Brunswick
Songwriter(s)	Sid Wyche
Jackie Wilson singles chronology
"Night"/"Doggin' Around" (1960) "A Woman, a Lover, a Friend" (1960) "Alone at Last" (1960)

Other versions

• The song was first time released by Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra in September 1959 as the B-side of the single "Keeping My Love for You".[2]

An instrumental version appeared on the Booker T. & the M.G.'s album Green Onions in 1962. Otis Redding covered this song in 1964.

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