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She's All I Got
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Wikipedia article
"'She's All I Got'" is a song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams Jr. 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. Co-author Jerry Williams Jr., aka Swamp Dogg, released his own version on his 2020 album 'Sorry You Couldnt Make It'.
Content
In the song, the male narrator pleads to someone else not to take away his lover.
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 the Soul Singles chart in the US. It was the only chart single of North's career.
Chart positions
{|class="wikitable sortable"! Chart (1971)
! Peak
position
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| U.S. 'Billboard' Best Selling Soul Singles
|align="center"|10
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| U.S. 'Cash Box' Top 100
|align="center"|30
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Johnny Paycheck version
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.
Chart positions
Tracy Byrd version
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."Chart positions
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References
Category:1971 singles
Category:1971 songs
Category:1997 singles
Category:Freddie North songs
Category:Johnny Paycheck songs
Category:Tanya Tucker songs
Category:Tracy Byrd songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer)
Category:Epic Records singles
Category:MCA Nashville Records singles
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