All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)

"All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and A.L. "Doodle" Owens, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in June 1969 as the first single from the album The Best of Charley Pride.

The song, released that June, reached the top of the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart that August, and in doing so it was Charley Pride's first No. 1 song.^[1] It also accomplished a feat not done in 25 years: an African American entertainer having a No. 1 hit on the Billboard country chart. The last song by a black performer to reach the summit was "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" by Louis Jordan, in July 1944. Pride became the third black singer to have a No. 1 country hit (the Nat King Cole-led King Cole Trio had a No. 1 hit earlier in 1944).

While Cole would top the charts only once and Jordan twice, "All I Have to Offer You Is Me" would be the first of 29 No. 1 hits for Pride, spanning to 1983's "Night Games."

The song has also been recorded by The Statler Brothers on their 1970 album Bed of Rose's, McBride & the Ride on their 1992 album Sacred Ground, the Kaʻau Crater Boys on their 1995 album On Fire and by Ricky Van Shelton on his 2000 album Fried Green Tomatoes.

Content

The narrator speaks to his future wife, and tells her that if she chose to be with him forever, then she won't live a luxurious life every girl dreams about, as he says "All I have to offer you is me".

Chart performance

Chart (1969)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	91
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Top Singles	82

Preceded by "Johnny B. Goode" by Buck Owens and The Buckaroos	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single August 9, 1969	Succeeded by "Workin' Man Blues" by Merle Haggard & the Strangers

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 276.
↑ "Charley Pride – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Charley Pride.
↑ "Charley Pride – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Charley Pride.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Charley Pride

Studio albums	Make Mine Country Songs of Pride...Charley That Is Country Feelin' Pride of America There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me

Compilation albums	The Incomparable Charley Pride

Notable singles	"Kaw-Liga" "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me" "I'd Rather Love You" "I'm Just Me" "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" "All His Children" "It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer" "She's Too Good to Be True" "A Shoulder to Cry On" "Don't Fight the Feelings of Love" "Amazing Love" "We Could" "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" "Then Who Am I" "I Ain't All Bad" "Hope You're Feelin' Me (Like I'm Feelin' You)" "The Happiness of Having You" "My Eyes Can Only See as Far as You" "A Whole Lotta Things to Sing About" "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" "I'll Be Leaving Alone" "More to Me" "Someone Loves You Honey" "When I Stop Leavin' (I'll Be Gone)" "Burgers and Fries" "Where Do I Put Her Memory" "You're My Jamaica" "Missin' You" "Honky Tonk Blues" "You Win Again" "You Almost Slipped My Mind" "Roll On Mississippi" "Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)" "Mountain of Love" "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore" "You're So Good When You're Bad" "Why Baby Why" "More and More" "Night Games" "Ev'ry Heart Should Have One" "The Power of Love" "Have I Got Some Blues for You" "If You Still Want a Fool Around" "Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This" "I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio"

Related articles	Discography RCA Records 16th Avenue Records Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride

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