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Just An Online Minute... 'Lookin' For Love'

  • by March 17, 2006
Mea culpa!

The Minute received a flurry of messages in response to Wednesday's missive, dubbed "Books 'n' Dates." It seems this here Minute goofed when we said that Waylon Jennings sang "Lookin' For Love." In fact, it was Johnny Lee who crooned the memorable track; Jennings wrote the lyrics.

Joslyn Teubner from The Clarient Group wrote to say: "I'm pretty sure 'Lookin' For Love' was Johnny Lee, though Waylon Jennings may have written it. Of course, there's also the classic cover, 'Wookin' Pa Nub' by the incomparable Buckwheat"--that's actually Eddie Murphy on "Saturday Night Live," by the way.

Paul Talbot, vice president of sales at Sporting News, was more emphatic, noting that "Johnny Lee, not Waylon, was lookin' for love in all the wrong places."

And Bill Stedman, operations manager at 94.7 WCSX, Detroit's Classic Rock Station, offered a correction and a tip: "You'll have to dig out your copy of 'Urban Cowboy' for a refresher." Thanks, Bill, I'm happy to hear from a radio guy from Detroit.

Jean Cross also pointed out that the song was from "Urban Cowboy," a film I need to see again soon. Jaye Albright, a partner in Albright & O'Malley Country Consulting/RadioIQ in Bainbridge Island, Washington, wrote that the flick gave Johnny his 15 minutes of fame back in 1980. In fact, Lee performed in the film. "Lookin' For Love" became a hit single and Lee's first gold record. The "Lookin' For Love" album produced five No. 1 hits.

With regard to finding love in bookstores, Ed Shane of Shane Media Services and Best in Texas Music Magazine wrote, "the only bookstore reference I can think of in country music is 'you got your fishin' hooks, you got your dirty books, you got you rebel flag on the wall' from in Kevin Fowler's 'Beer, Bait, and Ammo.' And Fowler sings 'rebel' with a capital 'R.' "

Finally, Tonya Duus, a traffic supervisor at Keathley Advertising in Akron, Ohio, also straightened me out and added, "It's almost sad that I didn't have to look that up." It's true, "Urban Cowboy" came out 26 years ago!

In any case, thanks to all the readers who pointed out the error. And this weekend, if you're looking for love, we hope you look for it in all the right places. If you don't need to look, so much the better. No one wants to turn into a cliché from some sad-sack country song.

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