Australian singles charts:
Lady Willpower entered the Australian singles chart* on 22 June 1968 and peaked at #4. The song was #31 on the Top 100 of 1968.
Songwriter:
Jerry Fuller
Producer:
Jerry Fuller
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Lady Willpower on The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 12 May 1968:
Wikipedia:
Lady Willpower was written by Jerry Fuller and recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their US album Incredible. It is sung from the point of view of a man who is inviting (even coercing) the woman he loves to join him under the sheets.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Willpower
Songfacts:
The band wore American Civil War uniforms and gave themselves military ranks, from General Puckett down to Privates Whitbread (the drummer) and Withem (the keyboardist). This was to tie in with the fact that they had taken their name from the site of a famous Civil War battle.
Read more:www.songfacts.com/facts/gary-puckett-the-union-gap/young-girl
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Also on Bang a Gong by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
This Girl is a Woman Now
Woman, Woman
Young Girl
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