That's What Made Me Love You Explained

That's What Made Me Love You
Type:single
Artist:Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner
Album:Sometimes
B-Side:"Can We Still Be Friends"
Recorded:September 1975
Studio:Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Label:MCA
Producer:Buddy Killen
Chronology:Bill Anderson
Prev Title:Sometimes
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Peanuts and Diamonds
Next Year:1976

"That's What Made Me Love You" is a song written by Lawrence Shoberg. It was first recorded as a duet by American country artists Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner. It was released as a single in 1976 via MCA Records and became a major hit the same year.

Background and release

"That's What Made Me Love" was recorded in September 1975 at Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The session was produced by the studio's owner, Owen Bradley. It would be one of Bradley's final sessions producing Anderson, whom he had been collaborating with since the 1950s.[1]

"That's What Made Me Love You" was released as a single by MCA Records in February 1979.[2] The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number seven in May 1976.[3] It was the pair's second top ten hit together and second to be spawned off the same studio album.[2] In Canada, the single reached number two on the RPM Country Songs chart in 1976.[4] It was first released on their 1976 studio album, Sometimes.[1]

Track listings

7" vinyl single[5]

Notes and References

  1. Anderson . Bill . Sometimes (Album Information and Liner Notes) . . 1976.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. "That's What Made Me Love You" chart history . . 25 July 2020.
  4. Web site: Search results for "Bill Anderson" -- Country Singles . . 17 July 2013 . 9 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner -- "That's What Made Me Love You" (1976, Vinyl) . . 1976 . 25 July 2020.