Am I That Easy to Forget

From The Right Wiki
Revision as of 00:23, 19 November 2024 by imported>Elephant445956 (Undid vandalism. There is vanishingly little evidence of Country Johnny Mathis writing this song and none of it is from reliable sources.)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigationJump to search

"Am I That Easy to Forget"
Single by Carl Belew
B-side"Such Is Life"
Released1959
Recorded1959
GenreCountry
Length2:25
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson
Producer(s)Peter Sullivan
Carl Belew singles chronology
"My Baby's Not Here (In Town Tonight)"
(1958) 		"Am I That Easy to Forget"
(1959) 		"Cool Gator Shoes"
(1959)
"Am I That Easy to Forget"
Single by Debbie Reynolds
B-side"Ask Me to Go Steady"
ReleasedDecember 1959
Recorded1959
GenrePop
Length2:18
LabelDot
Songwriter(s)Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson
Producer(s)Peter Sullivan
Debbie Reynolds singles chronology
"It Started With a Kiss"
(1959) 		"Am I That Easy to Forget"
(1959) 		"City Lights"
(1960)
"Am I That Easy to Forget"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album The Last Waltz
B-side"Pretty Ribbon"
Released1967
GenrePop
Length3:05
LabelParrot
Songwriter(s)Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson
Producer(s)Peter Sullivan
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology
"The Last Waltz"
(1967) 		"Am I That Easy to Forget"
(1967) 		"A Man Without Love"
(1968)

"Am I That Easy to Forget" is a popular song written by country music singer Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson and published in 1958. Belew recorded his song in Nashville on December 17, 1958, and released the single in March 1959, when it reached number nine on the U.S. country music chart. Other country music artists who have recorded cover versions of the song include Skeeter Davis (#11 country, 1960), Ernest Tubb (1960), Jerry Wallace (1962), Gene Vincent (1966), George Jones (1967), Patti Page (1968), Ann-Margret & Lee Hazlewood (1969), Jim Reeves (#12 country, 1973) and Prairie Oyster (1991). In 1960, the singer and actress Debbie Reynolds recorded a version that reached number 25 on the U.S. pop chart. The highest charting version of the song on the U.S. pop chart was recorded by the singer Engelbert Humperdinck on August 11, 1967. Released as a single in late 1967[1] from his album The Last Waltz,[2] it reached number 18 on the Hot 100 and number one on the Easy Listening chart in early 1968.[3] Humperdinck's version was also a big hit in the United Kingdom, where it spent two weeks at number three on the UK Singles Chart,[4] as well as in Ireland, where it spent three weeks at number one on the Irish Singles Chart. Humperdinck himself recorded a special version for Italy, in Italian, entitled "Dimenticarti non potrei" ("I couldn't forget you"). Petula Clark recorded the song in French as "Tu Reviendras Vers Ta Maison" ("You Will Come Back to Your Home") and Leon Russell recorded the song as "Hank Wilson" in 1973.

Chart performance

Carl Belew

Chart (1959) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Country Singles 9

Skeeter Davis

Chart (1960) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Country Singles 11

Debbie Reynolds

Chart (1960) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 25
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] 13

Esther Phillips

Chart (1963) Peak
position
US Billboard Bubbling Under-Hot Singles 12

Engelbert Humperdinck

Chart (1968) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[8] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 18
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] 1

Jim Reeves

Chart (1973) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Country Singles 12
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 9
South Africa (Springbok Radio) 15

Orion

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] 100

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KGB, San Diego, CA - Survey for week of Wednesday December 20, 1967". Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "(Humperdinck)". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6th ed.). Billboard Publications.
  4. ↑ "(Humperdinck)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Debbie Reynolds Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Debbie Reynolds Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Engelbert Humperdinck". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ "SA Charts 1965 - 1989, Songs A-B". Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Engelbert Humperdinck: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  12. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 224. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Stub icon

This 1950s country song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://rightwiki.org/index.php?title=Am_I_That_Easy_to_Forget&oldid=3389500"