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Did Lady Chatterley’s Lover Inspire ‘Try a Little Tenderness’?
Few songs have enjoyed a longer or more varied afterlife than ‘Try a Little Tenderness’. From its origins in 1932 to celebrated recordings by Otis Redding and countless others, the song has become part of popular culture across generations. Yet beneath its familiar melody may lie an unexpected literary connection. Guy Cuthbertson, author of Lady C, investigates whether one of the twentieth century’s most controversial novels, D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, helped inspire the song’s most memorable lines.
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