For Loving You

1967 single by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard

"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/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]

Chart performance

Bill Anderson and Jan Howard

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

Cover Versions

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

Skeeter Davis and Don Bowman

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

References

^ "For Loving You". repertoire.bmi.com. BMI. Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2019-10-28. BMI Work # 432985
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Whitburn, p. 118

Bill Anderson 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"
"For Loving You" (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

1990s

"The Deck of Cards"

v t e Jan Howard
Discography
Studio albums	Sweet and Sentimental (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) Sincerely, Jan Howard (1975) Stars of the Grand Ole Opry (1981) Tainted Love (1983) Jan Howard (1985)
Compilation albums	Sweethearts of Country Music (with Wynn Stewart) (1960)
Songs	"The One You Slip Around With" "Evil on Your Mind" "Bad Seed" "For Loving You" (with Bill Anderson) "Count Your Blessings, Woman" "I Still Believe in Love" "My Son" "We Had All the Good Things Going" "If It's All the Same to You" (with Bill Anderson) "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Bill Anderson) "Dis-Satisfied" (with Bill Anderson) "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" "Love Is a Sometimes Thing" "Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel" "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" "Tainted Love"
Related people and acts	Harlan Howard Wynn Stewart Patsy Cline Bill Anderson Johnny Cash Tammy Wynette
See also	Patsy & Loretta Grand Ole Opry

v t e 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" "For Loving You" "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