Hold What You 've Got - Wikipedia Hold What You 've Got `` Hold What You 've Got '' Single by Joe Tex from the album Hold On To What You 've Got Released 1964 ( 1964 ) Genre Rhythm and blues Length 3 : 04 Songwriter ( s ) Joe Tex `` Hold What You 've Got '' is a 1964 single by Joe Tex. The single was his second chart release and first to reach the Billboard Hot 100. `` Hold What You 've Got '' went to number one on the Cash Box R&B chart and reached number five in 1965, on the pop chart. The song is noted for the two spoken recitations, between the refrains of the song, telling, first the men, and then the women to keep on supporting their loved ones and not take them for granted. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 574. This 1960s R&B / soul music song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hold_What_You%27ve_Got&oldid=766913233 '' Categories : 1964 singles Joe Tex songs 1964 songs 1960s R&B song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 22 February 2017, at 21 : 44. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang hold on to what you got
Answer: Joe Tex