I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me
"I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" | ||||
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Single by Don Williams | ||||
from the album Don Williams Vol. III | ||||
B-side | "Fly Away" | |||
Released | June 1974 | |||
Recorded | April 1974 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Dot | |||
Songwriter(s) | Al Turney | |||
Producer(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
Don Williams singles chronology | ||||
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"I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" is a song written by Al Turney, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in June 1974 as the first single from the album Don Williams Vol. III. The song was Williams' sixth release as a solo artist and his first of twenty-one number ones on the country singles chart in Billboard Magazine. The single spent one week at the top and total of twelve weeks on the chart.[1]
The song also became the first No. 1 hit for producer Allen Reynolds. In the years since, Reynolds produced many No. 1 hits for artists like Crystal Gayle, Dickey Lee, Kathy Mattea and The O'Kanes, but during the 1990s became most associated with producing the hits of Garth Brooks.
Chart performance
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 10 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 385.
- ^ "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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- Especially for You
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