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.

"That's What Made Me Love You"
Single by Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner
from the album Sometimes
B-side"Can We Still Be Friends"
ReleasedApril 1976 (1976-04)
RecordedSeptember 1975
StudioBradley's Barn
Genre
Length2:49
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Lawrence Shoberg
Producer(s)Buddy Killen
Bill Anderson singles chronology
"Sometimes"
(1976)		 "That's What Made Me Love You"
(1976)		 "Peanuts and Diamonds"
(1976)
Mary Lou Turner singles chronology
"Sometimes"
(1976)		 "That's What Made Me Love You"
(1976)		 "It's Different With You"
(1976)

Background and release

"That's What Made Me Love" was recorded in September 1975 at Bradley's Barn, located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The session was produced by Owen Bradley. It would be one of Bradley's final sessions producing Anderson, whom he had been collaborating with since the 1950s.[2]

"That's What Made Me Love You" was released as a single by MCA Records in February 1979.[3] The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number seven in May 1976.[4] It was the pair's second top ten hit together and second to be spawned off the same studio album.[3] In Canada, the single reached number two on the RPM Country Songs chart in 1976.[5] It was first released on their 1976 studio album, Sometimes.[2]

Track listings

7" vinyl single[6]

  • "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] 7

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