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"Trying to Hold on to My Woman"
Single by Lamont Dozier
from the album Out Here on My Own
B-side"We Don't Want Nobody to Come Between Us"
ReleasedNovember 1973 (1973-11)
GenreSoul
Length4:24
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)McKinley Jackson, James Reddick
Producer(s)McKinley Jackson
Lamont Dozier singles chronology
"Dearest One"
(1962)
"Trying to Hold on to My Woman"
(1973)
"Fish Ain't Bitin'"
(1974)

"Trying to Hold on to My Woman" is a song written by McKinley Jackson and James Reddick and performed by Lamont Dozier. It reached #4 on the U.S. R&B chart and #15 on the U.S. pop chart in 1974.[1] It was featured on his 1973 album Out Here on My Own.[2]

The song was arranged by Gene Page and produced by McKinley Jackson.[3]

The song ranked #87 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1974.[4]

Other charting versions

  • Garland Green released version of the song entitled "Tryin' to Hold On" as a single in 1983 which reached #63 on the U.S. R&B chart.

References

  1. ^ "Lamont Dozier, "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" Chart Positions". Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lamont Dozier, Out Here on My Own". Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Lamont Dozier, "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" Single Release". Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "Top Pop Singles" (PDF). Billboard. New York, New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. December 28, 1974. Retrieved April 8, 2019.