Linda Lyndell – What A Man

The song reached #50 on Billboards R&B chart on August 24, 1968.

From Wikipedia

What a Man” is a song written by Dave Crawford, and originally recorded for Stax Records‘ Volt imprint by Linda Lyndell, The song was sampled and reinterpreted as “Whatta Man” in 1993 by Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue; the version became a commercial success. In 2011, the German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut (credited as Lena) covered the song while retaining the original title and lyrics.

Linda Lyndell, a white singer who had been a support act with James Brown and Ike & Tina Turner and then recommended to Stax Records by Otis Redding, recorded “What a Man”. The song was essentially improvised by Lyndell, record producer Dave Crawford, and the Stax studio musicians in Memphis, Tennessee. It was released as a single in 1968 with the B-side track “I…