"All for the Love of Sunshine" is the title of a song recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Hank Williams Jr.

Hank Williams, Jr.

Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...

. Written by music executive Mike Curb

Mike Curb

Michael Curb is an American musician, record company executive, NASCAR and IRL race car owner. A Republican, he served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California from 1979-1983 under Democratic Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr...

 (along with co-writers Harley Hatcher and Lalo Schifrin), the song became Williams' first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart in September 1970. Williams was backed by the The Mike Curb Congregation on the song. It was included on the soundtrack of the 1970 film, Kelly's Heroes

Kelly's Heroes

Kelly's Heroes is an offbeat 1970 comedy/war film about a group of World War II soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. Directed by Brian G...

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Chart performance

Chart (1970)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Cover versions

Nearly 25 years after Williams' version became a hit, "All for the Love of Sunshine" was covered by soul singer Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", and as the "Bishop of Soul", and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul", and as "the most...

. In 2006, country singer Steve Holy

Steve Holy

Steve Holy is an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records since 1999, he has released three studio albums: 2000's Blue Moon 2006's Brand New Girlfriend and 2011's Love Don't Run...

 also covered the song on his album Brand New Girlfriend

Brand New Girlfriend (album)

Brand New Girlfriend is the second album from country music artist Steve Holy. It was released in 2006 on Curb Records. Prior to its release, Holy had charted five singles which were not released on albums, although they all charted.The title track to Brand New...

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