"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]

"What Am I Living For"
Single by Chuck Willis
B-side"Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes"
ReleasedMarch 1958 (1958-03)
GenreR&B
Length2:24
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Fred Jay, Art Harris[1]
Chuck Willis singles chronology
"Betty and Dupree"
(1957)
"What Am I Living For"
(1958)
"Thunder and Lightning"
(1958)

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

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References

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