Recording: What Am I Living For

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Performed by

Recording date

February 21, 1960

First release

On Audio single What Am I Living For (March 1960)

Comments

Personnel:

Conway Twitty [vcl]
Al Bruno [gt]
Ray Edenton [gt]
Grady Martin [gt]
Lightnin Chance [bass]
Jack Nance [drums]
Floyd Cramer [piano]
strings
vocal chorus

Rating

Song info

Song

What Am I Living For

Written by

Art Harris, Fred Jay

First release

What Am I Living For by Chuck Willis with Reggie Obrecht Orchestra and Chorus on audio single What Am I Living For (1958)

Language

English

Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	What Am I Living For	Chuck Willis with Reggie Obrecht Orchestra and Chorus	1958
2	What Am I Living For	Conway Twitty	March 1960
3	What Am I Living For	Johnny Preston	1960
4	What Am I Living For	Jack Scott	1960
5	What Am I Living For	Rose Maddox	July 1961
6	What Am I Living For	Kitty Wells	1962
7	What Am I Living For	Wanda Jackson	May 1963
8	What Am I Living For	Billy Fury	December 13, 1963
9	What Am I Living For	The Everly Brothers	August 1965
10	What Am I Living For	The Animals	May 1966
11	What Am I Living For	Jerry Jaye	May 1967
12	What Am I Living For	Percy Sledge	1967
13	What Am I Living For	Z.Z. Hill	1967
14	What Am I Living For	Solomon Burke	1969
15	What Am I Living For	Ray Charles	May 1971
16	What Am I Living For	Louis Nelson with Barry Martyn's Serenaders	1981
17	What Am I Living For / I Cried a Tear	The Bobby Fuller Four	1984
18	What Am I Living For?	Taj Mahal	February 27, 1996
19	What Am I Living For	The Band	May 2001
20	What Am I Living For	Van Morrison	March 7, 2006
21	What Am I Living For	Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	February 15, 2013