For the Love of Him explained

For the Love of Him
Type:	single
Artist:	Bobbi Martin
Album:	For the Love of Him
B-Side:	"I Think of You" "I Fall to Pieces"
Recorded:	1969
Genre:	Pop
Label:	United Artists
Producer:	Henry Jerome
Prev Title:	Harper Valley PTA
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Give a Woman Love
Next Year:	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).

Chart performance

The single was her most successful release on both the Pop and Easy Listening charts in the United States, peaking at no. 13 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Pop chart and reaching no. 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 (no. 9) and Australia (no. 14).

Chart (1970)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	13
US Billboard Easy Listening	1

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 157.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 539.