For Loving You

"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
Genre	Country
Label	Decca
Songwriter(s)	Steve Karliski/Pinto Rossini
Producer(s)	Owen Bradley
Bill Anderson singles chronology
Jan Howard singles chronology

"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]

Chart performance

Bill Anderson and Jan Howard

Chart (1967)	Peak position
Canada RPM Country Tracks^[3]	9
US Billboard Hot Country Singles	1

Cover versions

A year later, Skeeter Davis and Don Bowman charted a cover version which went to number 72 on the same chart.^[4]

Skeeter Davis and Don Bowman

Chart (1968)	Peak position
Canada RPM Country Tracks^[5]	18
US Billboard Hot Country Singles	72

References

^ "For Loving You". BMI. Retrieved 2024-08-16. BMI Work ID 432985
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ "Results: RPM Weekly". RPM. Vol. 8, no. 24. February 10, 1968. Item: 6210 – via Library and Archives Canada.
^ Whitburn, p. 118
^ "Results: RPM Weekly". RPM. Vol. 9, no. 2. March 9, 1968. Item: 8873 – via Library and Archives Canada.

[1] "For Loving You". BMI. Retrieved 2024-08-16. BMI Work ID 432985

[whitburn-2] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[3] "Results: RPM Weekly". RPM. Vol. 8, no. 24. February 10, 1968. Item: 6210 – via Library and Archives Canada.

[4] Whitburn, p. 118

[5] "Results: RPM Weekly". RPM. Vol. 9, no. 2. March 9, 1968. Item: 8873 – via Library and Archives Canada.

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Bill Anderson singles
Albums Singles
1950s	"City Lights" "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" "Ninety-Nine" "Dead or Alive"
1960s	"The Tip of My Fingers" "Walk Out Backwards" "Po' Folks" "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" "Mama Sang a Song" "Still" "8×10" "Five Little Fingers"/"Easy Come – Easy Go" "Me" "Three A.M." "Certain" "Bright Lights and Country Music" "I Love You Drops"/"Golden Guitar" "I Get the Fever" "Get While the Gettin's Good" "No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore" "" (with Jan Howard) "Wild Week-End" "Happy State of Mind" "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" "If It's All the Same to You" (with Jan Howard) "But You Know I Love You"
1970s	"Love Is a Sometimes Thing" "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Jan Howard) "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" "Always Remember" "Quits" "Dis-Satisfied" (with Jan Howard) "All the Lonely Women in the World" "Don't She Look Good" "If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)" "The Corner of My Life" "World of Make Believe" "Can I Come Home to You" "Every Time I Turn the Radio On" "I Still Feel the Same About You" "Country D.J." "Thanks" "Sometimes" (with Mary Lou Turner) "That's What Made Me Love You" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Peanuts and Diamonds" "Liars One, Believers Zero" "Head to Toe" "Where Are You Going, Billy Boy" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Still the One" "I Can't Wait Any Longer" "Double S" "This Is a Love Song" "The Dream Never Dies"
1980s	"Make Mine Night Time" "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back"
1990s	"The Deck of Cards"

Jan Howard
Discography
Studio albums	Sweet and Sentimental (with The Jordanaires) (1962) Jan Howard Sings Evil on Your Mind (1966) Bad Seed (1966) This Is Jan Howard Country (1967) For Loving You (with Bill Anderson) (1968) Count Your Blessings, Woman (1968) Jan Howard (1969) For God and Country (1970) If It's All the Same to You (with Bill Anderson) (1970) Rock Me Back to Little Rock (1970) Bill and Jan (Or Jan and Bill) (with Bill Anderson) (1972) Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel (1972) Singing His Praise (with Bill Anderson) (1972) Stars of the Grand Ole Opry (1981) Jan Howard (1985)
Compilation albums	Sweethearts of Country Music (with Wynn Stewart) (1960)
Songs	"The One You Slip Around With" "Wrong Company" (with Wynn Stewart) "What Makes a Man Wander?" "Evil on Your Mind" "Bad Seed" "Any Old Way You Do" "Roll Over and Play Dead" "" (with Bill Anderson) "Count Your Blessings, Woman" "I Still Believe in Love" "My Son" "When We Tried" "We Had All the Good Things Going" "If It's All the Same to You" (with Bill Anderson) "Rock Me Back to Little Rock" "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" "Love Is a Sometimes Thing" "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Bill Anderson) "Dis-Satisfied" (with Bill Anderson) "Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel" "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"
See also	Harlan Howard Bill Anderson

Skeeter Davis
Discography
Studio albums	I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too (1959) Here's the Answer (1961) Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets (with Porter Wagoner) (1962) Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World (1963) Why So Lonely? (1968)
Singles	"(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" "Bus Fare to Kentucky" "The End of the World" "" "Fuel to the Flame" "Goin' Down the Road (Feelin' Bad)" "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 Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" "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" "Sad Situation" "Set Him Free" "Sun Glasses" "The Little Music Box" "There's a Fool Born Every Minute" "What Am I Gonna Do with You" "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" "Where I Ought to Be"/"Something Precious"
Related	The Davis Sisters