"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
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'' magazine's
Hot 100
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Pop chart and reaching no. 1 on the magazine's
Easy Listening
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chart for two weeks in May 1970.
"For The Love of Him" also afforded Martin a hit in Canada (no. 9) and Australia (no. 14).
See also
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List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1970 (U.S.)
Adult Contemporary is a chart published by ''Billboard'' ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1970, 16 songs topped the chart, then published under the title Easy Listening, based ...
References
External links
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1969 singles
Shania Twain songs
1969 songs
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