What Am I Living For

"What Am I Living For"
"What Am I Living For"
Single by Chuck Willis
B-side	"Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes"
Released	March 1958
Genre	R&B
Length	2:24
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Fred Jay, Art Harris
Chuck Willis singles chronology

"What Am I Living For" is a song written by Fred Jay and Art Harris and performed by Chuck Willis featuring the Reggie Obrecht Orchestra and Chorus. It reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart and #9 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958.^[2]

Chuck Willis’s version was the first rock and roll record released in stereo, "engineered by Tom Dowd of Atlantic Records".^[3]

^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "Chuck Willis, "What Am I Living For" Chart Positions". Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^ TIMELINE OF MUSICAL STYLES & GUITAR HISTORY

[1] "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2021.

[2] "Chuck Willis, "What Am I Living For" Chart Positions". Retrieved September 3, 2018.

[3] TIMELINE OF MUSICAL STYLES & GUITAR HISTORY

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