Touch the Hand

"Touch the Hand" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Conway Twitty. It was released in August 1975 as the first single from the album The High Priest of Country Music. A ballad that became one of his 41 Billboard No. 1 songs (all but one of them on the Hot Country Singles chart), the song represented one half of a double-sided hit for Twitty in 1975. The other side was "Don't Cry Joni".

"Touch the Hand"
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album The High Priest of Country Music
B-side	"Don't Cry Joni"
Released	May 1975
Recorded	November 19, 1974
Studio	Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	3:22
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Ron Peterson, Conway Twitty
Producer(s)	Owen Bradley
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"Linda on My Mind" (1975) "Touch the Hand" (1975) "Don't Cry Joni" (1975)

Initially, Twitty claimed to have written "Touch the Hand", but after Ron Peterson (twice president of the Nashville Songwriters Association)^[1] filed a copyright infringement suit against the singer in Nashville on September 23, 1975, Peterson was properly credited.^[2]

Personnel

• Conway Twitty — vocals
• Harold Bradley — 6-string electric bass guitar
• Ray Edenton — acoustic guitar
• Johnny Gimble — fiddle
• John Hughey — steel guitar
• Tommy Markham — drums
• Grady Martin — electric guitar
• Bob Moore — bass
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins — piano^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[4]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	8

See also

• Allmusic — Don't Cry Joni and Touch the Hand by Conway Twitty.