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The Country Music Association bestowed Song of the Year honors upon "Easy Loving" in both 1971 and 1972. "Easy Loving" was certified gold for sales of 1 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America, [3] and was the No. 1 song of 1971 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. [4] In addition to all of its awards and honors ...
Released in mid-1981, this version of "Lovin' Her Was Easier" went on to become the group's highest-charting single. [12] It was also the title track of the Glaser brothers's reunion album, Lovin' Her Was Easier. [14] Following the release of this song, the Glaser brothers recorded only four more cuts for Elektra before disbanding a second time.
Frederick Segrest (December 21, 1926 [1] – October 27, 2018), [2] known professionally as Freddie Hart, was an American country musician and songwriter best known for his chart-topping country song and lone pop hit "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972.
The tune and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's 1927 American Songbag. [9] An important recording in this song's history was the 1927 Columbia Records master (15206-D) performed by Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett under the actual title of "Red River Valley". This version was the very first commercially available recording of ...
The video for the title track directed by Susan Johnson was nominated for "Country Video of the Year" by the 1998 Music Video Production Association and for "Best New Clip" at the 1997 Billboard Music Video Awards. In addition, Evans was named one of Country America's "Ten To Watch In 1998/Top 10 New Stars Of 1998."
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B− grade, saying that it "features Strait singing in such an exaggerated twang that the entire proceedings feel more campy than country." [ 1 ] Chart performance
"Hard Lovin' Woman" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Mark Collie. It was released in August 1994 as the third and final single from the album Unleashed . The song reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart [ 1 ] and number 9 in Canada.
"Holding Her and Loving You" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in August 1983 as the second single from the album Don't Make It Easy for Me. The song was Conley's fourth number one country single.