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"She's All I Got" Single by Freddie North from the album Friend Released 1971 Genre Pop Label Mankind Writer(s) Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams, Jr. Freddie North singles chronology "She's All I Got"
(1971)"You and Me (Together Forever)"
(1971)"She's All I Got" is a moderate up-tempo song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams, Jr. in which the male narrator pleads to someone else not to take away his lover. It has been recorded by several artists. The first version, released in 1971 by Freddie North, was a Top 40 U.S. pop hit, and a version by Johnny Paycheck was a #2 U.S. country hit that same year. A second country music version was released on Conway Twitty's 1972 Decca LP I Can't See Me Without You. Yet another cover titled "Don't Take Her She's All I've Got" was released by Tracy Byrd, whose version reached #4 on the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts.
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Freddie North version
Freddie North was the first artist to record the song, doing so on his album Friend. The only single from this album, it peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on Black Singles (now Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). It was the only chart single of North's career.
Chart positions
Chart (1971) Peak
position[1]U.S. Billboard Hot 100 39 U.S. Billboard Black Singles 10 Johnny Paycheck version
"She's All I Got" Single by Johnny Paycheck from the album She's All I Got B-side "You Touched My Life"[2] Released 1971 Genre Country Length 2:54 Label Epic Writer(s) Gary "U.S." Bonds, Jerry Williams Producer Billy Sherrill Johnny Paycheck singles chronology "Wildfire"
(1971)"She's All I Got"
(1971)"Someone to Give My Love To"
(1971)Johnny Paycheck's version was released in 1971 from his album of the same name. The song spent nineteen weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart, reaching a peak of number 2. It was also a number 91 single on the Billboard Hot 100, his only entry there.[2]
Chart positions
Chart (1971) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 91 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2 Tracy Byrd version
"Don't Take Her She's All I Got" Single by Tracy Byrd from the album Big Love B-side "I Love You, That's All"[3] Released January 1997 Genre Country Length 3:26 Label MCA Nashville Writer(s) Gary "U.S." Bonds
Jerry WilliamsProducer Tony Brown Tracy Byrd singles chronology "Big Love"
(1996)"Don't Take Her She's All I Got"
(1997)"Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine"
(1997)Tracy Byrd's version, retitled "Don't Take Her She's All I Got", is the second single released from his 1996 album Big Love. It peaked at #4 on both the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts in 1997.
Chart positions
Chart (1997) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 4 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 4 References
- ^ "Freddie North singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p25309/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 319. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Whitburn, p. 73
Studio albums Tracy Byrd · No Ordinary Man · Love Lessons · Big Love · I'm from the Country · It's About Time · Ten Rounds · The Truth About Men · Different ThingsCompilation albums Top 20 singles "Holdin' Heaven" · "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" · "Watermelon Crawl" · "The First Step" · "The Keeper of the Stars" · "Walking to Jerusalem" · "Love Lessons" · "Heaven In My Woman's Eyes" · "Big Love" · "Don't Take Her She's All I Got" · "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" · "I'm from the Country" · "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" · "Put Your Hand in Mine" · "Just Let Me Be in Love" · "Ten Rounds with José Cuervo" · "The Truth About Men" · "Drinkin' Bone"Related articles Categories:- Tracy Byrd songs
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