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Barbara Lynn Songs

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Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby, January 16, 1942) is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit, "You'll Lose A Good Thing" (1962). Lynn also released an album, also titled You'll Lose A Good Thing, which featured ten of her compositions. She signed for Atlantic and recorded another album, Here Is Barbara Lynn, in 1968. She married for the first time, at age 28, in 1970 and had three children. This, together with dissatisfaction with poor promotion by the record company, contributed to her decision to largely retire from the music business for most of the 1970s and 1980s. However, while living in Los Angeles, she occasionally appeared at local clubs, and released several singles on Jetstream and other small labels. In 1984 she toured Japan, and recorded a live album, You Don't Have to Go, which was released later in the US. She resumed her recording career after her husband's death, and returned to Beaumont, Texas, where her mother lived. She also undertook further international tours, to Europe and elsewhere. In 1994, she recorded her first studio album for over twenty years, So Good, and released several more albums for various labels in later years.

Below is a list of Barbara Lynn songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Jamie 1220
chart position: RandB #1, US #8
written by: Barbara Lynn Ozen
album: You'll Lose A Good Thing
comments: (southern soul ballad)
Barbara Lynn You'll Lose A Good Thing
1962 Jamie
2 record label: Jamie 1240
chart position: RandB #13, US #65
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Barbara L. Ozen
album: The Best Of Barbara Lynn
comments: [southern soul ballad] [released 1962, charted 1963]
Barbara Lynn You're Gonna Need Me
1963 Jamie
3 record label: Jamie 1233
chart position: Cashbox R&B #13, US#63
written by: Barbara Lynn Ozen
Barbara Lynn Second Fiddle Girl
1962 Jamie
4 record label: Jamie 1277
chart position: RandB #19, US #69
written by: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Lynn Ozen)
Barbara Lynn Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')
1964 Jamie
5 record label: Jamie 1292
chart position: RandB #26, US #95
written by: B. L. Ozen
Barbara Lynn It's Better to Have It
1965 Jamie
6 record label: Atlantic 2812
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Linda Ozen)
album: Here Is Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn (Until Then) I'll Suffer
1971 Atlantic
7 record label: Atlantic 2450
chart position: RandB #39, US #65
written by: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Linda Ozen)
album: Here Is Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn This Is the Thanks I Get
1968 Atlantic
8 record label: Jamie 1260
chart position: US #68
written by: Dick Manning and Kay Twomey
album: The Best Of Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn (I Cried At) Laura's Wedding
1963 Jamie
9 record label: Jamie 1286
chart position: RandB #35, US #93
written by: Bobby O'Neill and Leo O'Neill
Barbara Lynn Don't Spread It Around
1964 Jamie
10 record label: Jamie 1244
chart position: Cashbox R&B #44, US #93
written by: Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley
Barbara Lynn Don't Be Cruel
1963 Jamie
11 record label: Tribe 8319
chart position: RandB #42, US #110
written by: Rick Hall, Dan Penn and Oscar Frank
Barbara Lynn You Left the Water Running
1966 Tribe
12 record label: Atlantic 2853
chart position: Cashbox RandB #46
written by: Blanche and Linda Cate
Barbara Lynn I'm a One Man Woman
1971 Atlantic
13 record label: Tribe 8316
chart position: US #129
written by: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Lynn Ozen)
Barbara Lynn I'm a Good Woman
1966 Tribe
14 record label: Jamie 1251
chart position: US #135
written by: Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn To Love Or Not To Love
1963 Jamie
-- record label: Eric 7004
written by: B. L. Ozen
Barbara Lynn Dina and Patrina
1961 Eric
-- record label: Jamie 1240
written by: H. Meaux and J. Longoria
Barbara Lynn I'm Sorry I Met You
1963 Jamie
-- record label: Jamie 1260
written by: Charles Harris
Barbara Lynn You Better Stop
1963 Jamie
-- record label: Jamie 1265
written by: Olan Boudreaux
Barbara Lynn Everybody Loves Somebody
1963 Jamie
-- record label: Jamie 1297
written by: B. L. Ozen
Barbara Lynn I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take
1965 Jamie
-- record label: Immediate 11
written by: B. Babino
Barbara Lynn You Can't Buy My Love
1965 Immediate
-- record label: Jamie 1295
written by: B. L. Ozen
Barbara Lynn (Don't Pretend) Lay It On The Line
1965 Jamie
-- record label: Tribe 8322
written by: Joe Tex
Barbara Lynn Watch The One (That Brings The Bad News)
1967 Tribe
-- record label: Atlantic 2585
written by: Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham
Barbara Lynn He Ain't Gonna Do Right
1968 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic 2513
written by: Barbara Lynn Ozen
comments: [northern soul]
Barbara Lynn You're Losing Me
1968 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic 2450
written by: B. Babineaux, K. Boudreaux
Barbara Lynn Ring Telephone Ring
1968 Atlantic
-- record label: Jetstream 804
written by: Thomas, McCree, Thomas
album: Here Is Barbara Lynn
comments: [northern soul]
Barbara Lynn Take Your Love And Run
1971 Jetstream
-- record label: Atlantic 2853
Barbara Lynn Nice and Easy
1971 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic 2880
Barbara Lynn You Better Quit It
1972 Atlantic
-- record label: Sue 4028
written by: B. Lynn Ozen
Barbara Lynn Letter To Mommy And Daddy
1967 Sue
-- record label: Soul Seven 028
written by: B. L. Ozen
Barbara Lynn Movin' On A Groove
1976 Soul Seven
-- record label: Jam Stone 104
written by: J. King, RamLov, J. Carroll
Barbara Lynn I'm Still The Same
1983 Jam Stone
-- record label: Atlantic 2931
Barbara Lynn You Make Me So Hot
1973 Atlantic
-- record label: Ichiban 88 142
Barbara Lynn Trying To Love Two
1988 Ichiban
-- record label: Starflite 1001
written by: Barbara Lynn Ozen
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Barbara Lynn Give Him His Freedom
1979 Starflite




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