I'd Love You to Want Me
Lobo
1972
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Release: 1972
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Lobo - Of a Simple Man, licensed Big Tree album
Original 1972 album program; January 1 is treated as normalized metadata, not an established exact day.
Lobo - Of a Simple Man, licensed recording credits
Original 1972 Big Tree/Atlantic tracks, LaVoie composition and lead vocal, and Phil Gernhard production for Id Love You to Want Me and Dont Expect Me to Be Your Friend. Later remastering credits do not establish original production roles.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
I'd Love You to Want Me belongs to Lobo's 1972 Big Tree album Of a Simple Man. The recording credits identify Roland Kent LaVoie, the performer known as Lobo, as its writer and lead singer, with Phil Gernhard producing. This is the original recording family; later rerecordings and compilations have their own release histories.
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Sources for this information
Lobo - Of a Simple Man, licensed Big Tree album
Original 1972 album program; January 1 is treated as normalized metadata, not an established exact day. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Lobo - Of a Simple Man, licensed recording credits
Original 1972 Big Tree/Atlantic tracks, LaVoie composition and lead vocal, and Phil Gernhard production for Id Love You to Want Me and Dont Expect Me to Be Your Friend. Later remastering credits do not establish original production roles. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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Original commercial studio recording family; exact mix, edit and mastering of supplied file not verified.
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Lobo - Of a Simple Man, licensed Big Tree album
Original 1972 album program; January 1 is treated as normalized metadata, not an established exact day.
Lobo - Of a Simple Man, licensed recording credits
Original 1972 Big Tree/Atlantic tracks, LaVoie composition and lead vocal, and Phil Gernhard production for Id Love You to Want Me and Dont Expect Me to Be Your Friend. Later remastering credits do not establish original production roles.
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