For the Love of Him

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"For the Love of Him"
Single by Bobbi Martin
from the album For the Love of Him
A-side"For the Love of Him"
B-side"I Think of You"
"I Fall to Pieces"
Released1969
RecordedOctober 1969
GenrePop
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Bobbi Martin, Henry Jerome
Producer(s)Henry Jerome
Bobbi Martin singles chronology
"Harper Valley PTA"
(1968)
"For the Love of Him"
(1969)
"Give a Woman Love"
(1970)

"For the Love of Him" is the title track from a 1969 album by Bobbi Martin who wrote the song with her producer Henry Jerome (who used the pseudonym Al Mortimer). The single was her most successful release on both the Pop and Easy Listening charts in the United States, peaking at #13 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Pop chart and reaching #1 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart for two weeks in May 1970.[1] "For The Love of Him" also afforded Martin a hit in Canada (#9) and Australia (#14).

Covers[]

  • 1970: Lena Martell as Decca single F 13024 released May 8, 1970: included on her 2007 compilation album Someone New, Someone Blue.
    • Ginette Reno - French cover (Canada) "Aimez-le si fort" on her album Aimez-le si fort released in 1970.
    • Lea Laven - Finnish rendering as "En Kiellä Mitään" on her Finnlevy album release Se Jokin recorded October 1970.
  • 1971: Shirley Bassey as B-side of United Artists single UP 35194 "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story": bonus track on 1999 re-release of her album Something Else.
  • 1979: Deborah Washington on her Ariola album release Love Awaits.
  • 1990: Shania Twain — included on her 2001 early demos compilation album The Complete Limelight Sessions.

See also[]

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1970 (U.S.)

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 157.


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