Am I That Easy to Forget
"Am I That Easy to Forget" | ||||
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Single by Carl Belew | ||||
B-side | "Such Is Life" | |||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | 1959 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:25 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Songwriter(s) | Country Johnny Mathis | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Sullivan | |||
Carl Belew singles chronology | ||||
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"Am I That Easy to Forget" | ||||
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Single by Debbie Reynolds | ||||
B-side | "Ask Me to Go Steady" | |||
Released | December 1959 | |||
Recorded | 1959 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:18 | |||
Label | Dot | |||
Songwriter(s) | Country Johnny Mathis | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Sullivan | |||
Debbie Reynolds singles chronology | ||||
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"Am I That Easy to Forget" | ||||
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Single by Engelbert Humperdinck | ||||
from the album The Last Waltz | ||||
B-side | "Pretty Ribbon" | |||
Released | 1967 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:05 | |||
Label | Parrot | |||
Songwriter(s) | Country Johnny Mathis | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Sullivan | |||
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology | ||||
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"Am I That Easy to Forget" is a popular song written by
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
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 |
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US Billboard Hot Country Singles | 9 |
Skeeter Davis
Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot Country Singles | 11 |
Debbie Reynolds
Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 25 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] | 13 |
Esther Phillips
Chart (1963) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Bubbling Under-Hot Singles | 12 |
Engelbert Humperdinck
Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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Ireland (IRMA)[7] | 1 |
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[8] | 10 |
3 | |
US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 18 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] | 1 |
Jim Reeves
Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot Country Singles | 12 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 9 |
South Africa (Springbok Radio) | 15 |
Orion
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] | 100 |
See also
References
- ^ "KGB, San Diego, CA - Survey for week of Wednesday December 20, 1967". Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "(Humperdinck)". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6th ed.). Billboard Publications.
- ^ "(Humperdinck)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Debbie Reynolds Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Debbie Reynolds Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Engelbert Humperdinck". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965 - 1989, Songs A-B". Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ "Engelbert Humperdinck: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.