"What Am I Living For" | ||||
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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[1] | |||
Chuck Willis singles chronology | ||||
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"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]