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]
^The Conway Twitty Collection (Media notes). Conway Twitty. Universal City, California: MCA Records. MCAD4-11095.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 361.