Lovey Dovey

"Lovey Dovey" is a popular 1954 American rhythm and blues song written by Eddie Curtis and Ahmet Ertegun, with the latter usually credited using his songwriter's pseudonym "Nugetre". The song's initial recording by The Clovers remains the best known version, reaching No. 2 for five weeks on the R&B charts in 1954.

Background

The song deals with the singer's relationship with his sweetheart and is performed in a light-hearted style.
The saxophone is played by Sam "The Man" Taylor and the piano by Vann "Piano Man" Walls.

Numerous artists have recorded the song. Cover versions have been recorded by:

Clyde McPhatter reached No. 12 and No. 49
Buddy Knox in 1960, reached No. 25 pop
Dick Dale
The Coasters
Bunny Sigler, reached No. 86 pop, No. 87 Canadian pop and No. 24 Can. R&B
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, reached No. 21 R&B and No. 60 pop. Also reached No. 17 UK R&B and No. 48 in Canada.
Delbert McClinton on the album ''Genuine Cowhide''

Lyrics from "Lovey Dovey", were used by Steve Miller in his 1974 chart-topping single "The Joker". "The Joker" in turn was later sampled on another number one hit, "Angel" by Shaggy, giving Ahmet Ertegun credit as a songwriter on the latter.