Hold What You've Got

"Hold What You've Got"
Single by Joe Tex
from the album Hold On To What You've Got
B-side"Fresh Out of Tears"
ReleasedDec. 1964[1]
Recorded1964
Genre
Length3:04
LabelDial
Songwriter(s)Joe Tex
Joe Tex singles chronology
"I'd Rather Have You"
(1964) 		"Hold What You've Got"
(1964) 		"You Got What It Takes"
(1965)

"Hold What You've Got" is a 1964 single by Joe Tex. The single was his second chart release and first to reach the Billboard Hot 100. "Hold What You've Got" went to number one on the Cash Box R&B chart,[3] and reached number five in 1965, on the pop chart.[4]

  1. ^ "Breakout Singles". Billboard. December 12, 1964. p. 30.
  2. ^ a b Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 187. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 574.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 835.