"Reconsider Me" is a country/soul ballad written by Margaret Lewis and Mira Smith.

Johnny Adams recording

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's 1969 version was his biggest hit, peaking at number eight on the American R&B charts and number 28 on the pop charts.

Narvel Felts recording

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chart and number 67 on the

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. It also reached number one on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Other recordings

*In 1969, Ray Pillow's country version hit number 38 on the country charts. *The song was the title track of a 1971 album, ''Reconsider Me'', by

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, and as a single it hit number 39 on the country charts. *In 2009, Louisiana bluesman Bryan Lee covered the song on his album ''My Lady Don't Love My Lady''. *

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covered the song on his 2009 album ''

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''. *In 2013,

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covered the song on her album ''Secret Canon Vol. 2''.

Chart performance

Johnny Adams

Ray Pillow

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Narvel Felts

References

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