For the Love of Him

"For the Love of Him"
Single by Bobbi Martin
from the album For the Love of Him
B-side
Released1969 (1969)
Recorded1969
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).

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 the Billboard Hot 100 the weeks of May 16 and 23, 1970 and reaching no. 1 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart for two weeks in May 1970.[1][2][3] "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[4] 13
US Billboard Easy Listening 1

See also

References

  1. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of May 16, 1970 – Billboard.com. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of May 23, 1970 – Billboard.com. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 157.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 539.


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