Hold What You've Got

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"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"
Released1964
Recorded1964
GenreRhythm and blues
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,[1] and reached number five in 1965, on the pop chart.[2]

Background[edit]

The song is noted for the two spoken recitations, between the refrains of the song, telling, first the men, and then the women to keep on supporting their loved ones and not take them for granted.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 574.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 835.