That's What Made Me Love You

"That's What Made Me Love You" is a song written by Lawrence Shoberg. It was first recorded as a duet by American country artists Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner. It was released as a single in 1976 via MCA Records and became a major hit the same year.

Background and release

"That's What Made Me Love" was recorded in September 1975 at Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The session was produced by the studio's owner, Owen Bradley. It would be one of Bradley's final sessions producing Anderson, whom he had been collaborating with since the 1950s.

"That's What Made Me Love You" was released as a single by MCA Records in February 1979. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number seven in May 1976. It was the pair's second top ten hit together and second to be spawned off the same studio album. In Canada, the single reached number two on the RPM Country Songs chart in 1976. It was first released on their 1976 studio album, Sometimes.

Track listings

7" vinyl single

"That's What Made Me Love You" – 2:48
"Can We Still Be Friends" – 2:49

Chart performance

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	7

References

"Sometimes: Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ Anderson, Bill (1976). "Sometimes (Album Information and Liner Notes)". MCA Records.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
""That's What Made Me Love You" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
"Search results for "Bill Anderson" -- Country Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
"Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner -- "That's What Made Me Love You" (1976, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1976. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
"Bill Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

v t e Bill Anderson singles
Albums Singles
1950s	"City Lights" "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" "Ninety-Nine" "Dead or Alive"
1960s	"The Tip of My Fingers" "Walk Out Backwards" "Po' Folks" "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" "Mama Sang a Song" "Still" "8×10" "Five Little Fingers"/"Easy Come – Easy Go" "Me" "Three A.M." "Certain" "Bright Lights and Country Music" "I Love You Drops"/"Golden Guitar" "I Get the Fever" "Get While the Gettin's Good" "No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore" "For Loving You" (with Jan Howard) "Wild Week-End" "Happy State of Mind" "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" "If It's All the Same to You" (with Jan Howard) "But You Know I Love You"
1970s	"Love Is a Sometimes Thing" "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Jan Howard) "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" "Always Remember" "Quits" "Dis-Satisfied" (with Jan Howard) "All the Lonely Women in the World" "Don't She Look Good" "If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)" "The Corner of My Life" "World of Make Believe" "Can I Come Home to You" "Every Time I Turn the Radio On" "I Still Feel the Same About You" "Country D.J." "Thanks" "Sometimes" (with Mary Lou Turner) "That's What Made Me Love You" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Peanuts and Diamonds" "Liars One, Believers Zero" "Head to Toe" "Where Are You Going, Billy Boy" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Still the One" "I Can't Wait Any Longer" "Double S" "This Is a Love Song" "The Dream Never Dies"
1980s	"Make Mine Night Time" "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back"
1990s	"The Deck of Cards"

Categories: