Dusty Springfield recorded the original version on her 1968 album "Dusty In Memphis". Bobby Gentry recorded it the following year and Aretha Franklin, to whom the song was originally offered laid her version down in 1970.
BEATPORT
I'm not sure about her father's side but on her mother's side his name was Jake Owens and he was a preacher man. he was what the song "Daddy was an old time preacher man" was based on. Dolly and her aunt Dorothy Joe wrote this song for him.
It is Aretha Franklin's dad...C.L. Franklin.
Scott Fowler - lead singer for Legacy Five.
In your time
Just Shoot Me - 1997 Son of a Preacher Man 7-19 was released on: USA: 9 August 2003
Never,..Dusty Springfield did.
"Son of a preacher man" was released as a US single on 9 November 1968, and as UK single on 29 November 1968. Source: Paul Howes - The Complete Dusty Springfield
The Preacher's Son was created on 2003-11-04.
BEATPORT
I'm not sure about her father's side but on her mother's side his name was Jake Owens and he was a preacher man. he was what the song "Daddy was an old time preacher man" was based on. Dolly and her aunt Dorothy Joe wrote this song for him.
Gun of a Preacher Man was created in 2003-02.
it means son of a preacher
The Bad Man and the Preacher - 1910 was released on: USA: 16 April 1910
he was a preacher and a godd man
Biography - 1987 Denzel Washington The Preacher's Son was released on: USA: 4 August 1998 Germany: 23 April 2008
It is Aretha Franklin's dad...C.L. Franklin.