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"Touch the Hand" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Conway Twitty. It was released in August 1975 as the first single from the album The High Priest of Country Music. A ballad that became one of his 41 Billboard magazine No. 1 songs (all but one of them on the Hot Country Singles charts), the song represented one half of a double-sided hit for Twitty in 1975. The other side was "Don't Cry Joni."
| "Touch the Hand" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Conway Twitty | ||||
| from the album The High Priest of Country Music | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Cry Joni" | |||
| Released | May 1975 | |||
| Recorded | November 19, 1974 | |||
| Studio | Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:22 | |||
| Label | MCA 40407 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ron Peterson, Conway Twitty | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Conway Twitty singles chronology | ||||
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Initially, Twitty claimed to have written Touch the Hand. But after Ron Peterson (twice president of the Nashville Songwriters Association)[1] filed a copyright infringement suit against the singer in Nashville on September 23, 1975, Peterson was properly credited.[2]
Personnel
edit- Conway Twitty — vocals
- Harold Bradley — 6-string electric bass guitar
- Ray Edenton — acoustic guitar
- Johnny Gimble — fiddle
- John Hughey — steel guitar
- Tommy Markham — drums
- Grady Martin — electric guitar
- Bob Moore — bass
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins — piano[3]
Chart performance
edit| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[4] | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 8 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Last Cowboy Song Lyrics | is this the Best Cowboy Song ever?". All-about-vinylrecords.com.
- ^ "RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database". Rolandnote.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ The Conway Twitty Collection (Media notes). Conway Twitty. Universal City, California: MCA Records. MCAD4-11095.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 361.