"The Loving Gift" | |
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Single by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash | |
from the album Any Old Wind That Blows | |
B-side | "Help Me Make It Through the Night" |
Released | December 1972[1] |
Genre | Country |
Label | Columbia 4-45758 |
Songwriter(s) | Kris Kristofferson |
"The Loving Gift" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and originally recorded by the duo of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.[2]
Released in December 1972 as a single (Columbia 4-45758, with a cover of Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through the Night" on the opposite side)[1][3][4] and also included on Johnny Cash's album Any Old Wind That Blows out on January 5 of the next year,[5] the song reached number 27 on U.S. Billboard's country chart for the week of March 10, 1973.[6][7]
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