What Am I Living For

"What Am I Living For"
Single by Chuck Willis
B-side"Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes"
ReleasedMarch 1958 (1958-03)
GenreR&B
Length2:24
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Fred Jay, Art Harris
Chuck Willis singles chronology
"Betty and Dupree"
(1957)
"What Am I Living For"
(1958)
"Thunder and Lightning"
(1958)

"What Am I Living For" is a song written by Fred Jay and Art Harris and performed by Chuck Willis featuring the Reggie Obrecht Orchestra and Chorus. It reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart and #9 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958.

Chuck Willis’s version was the first rock and roll record released in stereo, "engineered by Tom Dowd of Atlantic Records".

Other charting versions

  • Ernest Tubb released a version of the song which reached No. 19 on the U.S. country chart in 1959.
  • Conway Twitty released a version of the song which reached No. 26 on the U.S. pop chart in 1960.
  • Percy Sledge released a version of the song which reached No. 91 on the U.S. pop chart in 1967.
  • Twitty re-released a version of the song which reached No. 59 on the U.S. country chart in 1971.
  • Ray Charles released a version of the song which reached No. 20 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart and #54 on the U.S. pop chart in 1971.

Other versions


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