She's All I Got


































"She's All I Got"

Single by Freddie North
from the album Friend
Released 1971
Genre Country
Length 2:45
Label Mankind
Songwriter(s)
Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams Jr.
Producer(s) Jerry Williams Jr.

Freddie North singles chronology






"She's All I Got"
(1971)
"You and Me (Together Forever)"
(1971)


"She's All I Got" is a song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams Jr. in which the male narrator pleads to someone else not to take away his lover. It has been recorded by several artists. The first version, released in 1971 by Freddie North, was a Top 40 U.S. pop hit, and a version by Johnny Paycheck was a number 2 U.S. country hit that same year. A second country music version was released on Conway Twitty's 1972 Decca LP I Can't See Me Without You. There was also a version titled "He's All I Got" that was on Tanya Tucker's 1972 album Delta Dawn. Yet another cover titled "Don't Take Her She's All I've Got" was released by Tracy Byrd, whose version reached number 4 on the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts.




Contents






  • 1 Freddie North version


    • 1.1 Chart positions




  • 2 Johnny Paycheck version


    • 2.1 Chart positions




  • 3 Tracy Byrd version


    • 3.1 Critical reception


    • 3.2 Chart positions


    • 3.3 Year-end charts




  • 4 References





Freddie North version


Freddie North was the first artist to record the song, doing so on his album Friend. The only single from this album, it peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on Black Singles (now Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). It was the only chart single of North's career.



Chart positions















Chart (1971)
Peak
position[1]
US Billboard Hot 100[2]
39
U.S. Billboard Black Singles
10



Johnny Paycheck version




































"She's All I Got"

Single by Johnny Paycheck
from the album She's All I Got
B-side "You Touched My Life"[3]
Released October 9, 1971
Genre Country
Length 2:54
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams, Jr.
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill

Johnny Paycheck singles chronology





"Wildfire"
(1971)
"She's All I Got"
(1971)
"Someone to Give My Love To"
(1971)


Johnny Paycheck's version was released in October 1971 from his album of the same name. The song spent nineteen weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart, reaching a peak of number 2. It was also a number 91 single on the Billboard Hot 100, his only entry there.[3]



Chart positions



















Chart (1971)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4]
2
US Billboard Hot 100[5]
91
Canadian RPM Country Tracks
2



Tracy Byrd version




































"Don't Take Her She's All I Got"

Single by Tracy Byrd
from the album Big Love
B-side "I Love You, That's All"[6]
Released January 27, 1997
Genre Country
Length 3:26
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams Jr.
Producer(s) Tony Brown

Tracy Byrd singles chronology





"Big Love"
(1996)
"Don't Take Her She's All I Got"
(1997)
"Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine"
(1997)


Tracy Byrd's version, retitled "Don't Take Her She's All I Got", is the second single released from his 1996 album Big Love. It peaked at number 4 on both the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts in 1997. It was Byrd's second charting cover of a Paycheck hit, after "Someone To Give My Love To" in 1993.



Critical reception


The single received a positive review in Billboard which praised Byrd's vocal similarities to Paycheck, and said that "Longtime fans will love hearing it again, and younger listeners will welcome Byrd's introducing them to this country classic."[7]



Chart positions















Chart (1997)
Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8]
4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9]
4


Year-end charts















Chart (1997)
Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[10]
48
US Country Songs (Billboard)[11]
37



References





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  2. ^ "Freddie North Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.


  3. ^ ab Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 319. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.


  4. ^ "Johnny Paycheck Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


  5. ^ "Johnny Paycheck Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.


  6. ^ Whitburn, p. 73


  7. ^ "Reviews". Billboard. 109 (4): 60. 25 January 1997.


  8. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3187." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 21, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.


  9. ^ "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


  10. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.


  11. ^ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.





















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