Holding Her and Loving You explained

Holding Her and Loving You
Type:single
Artist:Earl Thomas Conley
Album:Don't Make It Easy for Me
B-Side:Home So Fine
Released:August 1983
Genre:Country
Length:3:09
Label:RCA
Producer:Nelson Larkin, Earl Thomas Conley
Prev Title:Your Love's on the Line
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Don't Make It Easy for Me
Next Year:1984

"Holding Her and Loving You" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in August 1983 as the second single from the album Don't Make It Easy for Me. The song was Conley's fourth number one country single.

Commercial performance

The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1] Since it became available for download, the song has sold 156,000 copies as of April 2019.[2]

Music video

A music video for the song was released and has been seen on GAC.

Covers

In 1998, Clay Walker charted a live recording of this song, reaching number 68 on the same chart.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 88.
  2. News: Top 30 Digital Country Singles Chart: April 15, 2019 . RoughStock. Matt . Bjorke . April 15, 2019 . July 25, 2019 .