Lonely Women Make Good Lovers

"Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" is a song written by Freddy Weller and Spooner Oldham, and first recorded by American country music artist Bob Luman. Luman's version was the second single from his 1972 album of the same name. He released the single on August 2, 1972, and it debuted on the Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts in September, spending nineteen weeks on it and peaking at number 4. Weller released his version of the song on his October 1972 album, The Roadmaster.

In December 1983, Steve Wariner covered the song for his album Midnight Fire on RCA Nashville. Wariner's rendition of the song first charted on the same chart in December 1983, also reaching a peak of number 4 in early 1984.

Chart performance

Bob Luman

Chart (1972)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	4
Canada RPM Country Tracks	4

Steve Wariner

Chart (1983–1984)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	4
Canada RPM Country Tracks	3

References

"Listing for "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"". Broadcast Music Incorporated. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 248–249. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
Whitburn, pp. 447–448
"Bob Luman Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Country Playlist RPM. Country Singles - Volume 18, No. 15. Nov 25, 1972. Accessed 6 April 2020.
"Steve Wariner Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

v t e Steve Wariner
Studio albums	Steve Wariner Midnight Fire One Good Night Deserves Another Life's Highway It's a Crazy World I Should Be with You I Got Dreams Laredo I Am Ready Drive No More Mr. Nice Guy Burnin' the Roadhouse Down Two Teardrops Faith in You Steal Another Day
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1987)
Notable singles	"I'm Already Taken" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" "Your Memory" "By Now" "All Roads Lead to You" "Kansas City Lights" "Midnight Fire" "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" "Why Goodbye" "What I Didn't Do" "Heart Trouble" "Some Fools Never Learn" "You Can Dream of Me" "Life's Highway" "Starting Over Again" "Small Town Girl" "The Weekend" "Lynda" "Baby I'm Yours" "I Should Be with You" "Hold On (A Little Longer) "Where Did I Go Wrong" "I Got Dreams" "When I Could Come Home to You" "The Domino Theory" "Precious Thing" "There for Awhile" "Leave Him Out of This" "The Tip of My Fingers" "A Woman Loves" "If I Didn't Love You" "Drivin' and Cryin'" "It Won't Be Over You" "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" "Two Teardrops" "Katie Wants a Fast One"
Guest singles	"That's How You Know When Love's Right" "That Hand That Rocks the Cradle" "What If I Said" "Been There"
Related articles	Discography "Longneck Bottle" "One Small Miracle" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "Where the Blacktop Ends"

v t e Bob Luman
Albums	Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
Singles	"Let's Think About Living" "Oh Lonesome Me" "I Like Your Kind of Love" "Running Scared" "Ain't Got Time to Be Unhappy" "Every Day I Have to Cry Some" "Honky-Tonk Man" "When You Say Love" "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" "Neither One of Us" "The Pay Phone"
Related acts	Sue Thompson

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