For Loving You

"For Loving You"

Single by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard

from the album For Loving You

B-side

"Untouchables"

Released

October 16, 1967

Steve Karliski/Rossini Pinto ^[1]

Producer(s)

Owen Bradley

Bill Anderson and Jan Howard singles chronology

"For Loving You"
(1967)

"If It's All the Same to You"
(1969)

"For Loving You" is a 1967 duet by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard. The single was the duo's most successful release. "For Loving You" went to number one on the country charts in four weeks and spent 20 weeks on the chart.^[2]

A year later, Skeeter Davis and Don Bowman charted a cover version which went to number 72 on the same chart.^[3]

Chart performance

Bill Anderson and Jan Howard

Chart (1967)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	9

Skeeter Davis and Don Bowman

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	72
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	18

References

↑
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 25. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Whitburn, p. 118

Preceded by "It's the Little Things" by Sonny James	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single December 23, 1967-January 13, 1968	Succeeded by "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Bill Anderson

Albums	Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Songs	"The Tip of My Fingers" "Mama Sang a Song" "Still" "I Get the Fever" "For Loving You" "Wild Week-End" "Happy State of Mind" "My Life" "But You Know I Love You" "The Corner of My Life" "World of Make Believe" "Still the One" "I Can't Wait Any Longer" "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back" "The Deck of Cards"

Related	Discography Mary Lou Turner The Better Sex Fandango Po' Folks

Skeeter Davis

Solo albums	I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too (1959) Here's the Answer (1961) Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World (1963)

Singles	"(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" "The End of the World" "For Loving You" "Fuel to the Flame" "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" "The Hands You're Holding Now" "He Says the Same Things to Me" "Homebreaker" "I Can't Believe That It's All Over" "I Can't Stay Mad at You" "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" "I'm Saving My Love" "Last Date" "Lost to a Geisha Girl" "My Last Date (with You)" "One Tin Soldier" "Optimistic" "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" "Set Him Free" "Sun Glasses" "There's a Fool Born Every Minute" "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" "Where I Ought to Be"

Related	Discography The Davis Sisters "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"

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