| "What Am I Living For" |
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| B-side | "Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes" |
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| Released | March 1958 (1958-03) |
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| Genre | R&B |
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| Length | 2:24 |
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| Label | Atlantic |
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| Songwriter(s) | Fred Jay, Art Harris[1] |
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"Betty and Dupree" (1957)
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"What Am I Living For" (1958)
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"Thunder and Lightning" (1958)
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"What Am I Living For" is a 1958 song by Chuck Willis and went to number 9 in the United States and number 1 on the R&B charts. It has been covered by numerous artists since its release.
References
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| Albums |
- Take Time to Know Her (1968)
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| Studio albums |
- Music from Big Pink
- The Band
- Stage Fright
- Cahoots
- Moondog Matinee
- Northern Lights – Southern Cross
- Islands
- Jericho
- High on the Hog
- Jubilation
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- Planet Waves
- The Basement Tapes
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| Live albums |
- Rock of Ages
- Before the Flood
- The Last Waltz (1978 soundtrack album)
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: The Best of the Band Live in Concert
- Live at Watkins Glen
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966
- The Last Waltz (2002 box set)
- Live at the Academy of Music 1971
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| Compilations |
- The Best of the Band
- Anthology
- To Kingdom Come
- Across the Great Divide
- The Best of the Band, Vol. II
- Greatest Hits
- A Musical History
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
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| Films |
- The Last Waltz
- Festival Express
- Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
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| Singles | |
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| Other songs |
- "Tears of Rage"
- "We Can Talk"
- "Long Black Veil"
- "Chest Fever"
- "Lonesome Suzie
- "This Wheel's on Fire"
- "Across the Great Divide"
- "When You Awake"
- "Whispering Pines"
- "Jemima Surrender"
- "Look Out Cleveland"
- "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)"
- "Sleeping"
- "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show"
- "Daniel and the Sacred Harp"
- "Stage Fright"
- "When I Paint My Masterpiece"
- "4% Pantomime"
- "Don't Do It"
- "Mystery Train"
- "Holy Cow"
- "Acadian Driftwood"
- "It Makes No Difference"
- "Georgia on My Mind"
- "Blind Willie McTell"
- "What Am I Living For"
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| Related |
- Discography
- Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
- Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour
- Cate Brothers
- Ronnie Hawkins
- The Weight Band
- Big Pink
- Shangri-La
- List of Basement Tapes songs
- List of Basement Tapes songs (1975)
- So Many Roads (1965, Helm, Hudson, Robertson)
- The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975, Helm, Hudson)
- No Reason to Cry (1976, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Manuel, Robertson)
- Let It Rock (1995, Bell, Ciarlante, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Weider)
- Carry Me Home (2022, Helm, Weider)
- Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
- The Complete Last Waltz
- This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band
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