<P> `` 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 . </P>
<P> `` 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 . </P>
who sang hold on to what you got
who sang hold on to what you got
Joe Tex
Joe Tex