Am I That Easy to Forget

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"Am I That Easy to Forget"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album The Last Waltz (US version)
B-side "Pretty Ribbon"
Released December 1967
Format 7" (45 rpm)
Recorded August 11, 1967
Genre Pop
Length 3:05
Label Parrot
Writer(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 the title of 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, where 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); Gene Vincent (1966); George Jones (1967); Patti Page (1968); Jim Reeves (#12 country, 1973); and Prairie Oyster (1991).

In 1960, singer and actress Debbie Reynolds recorded a version of "Am I That Easy to Forget" 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 singer Engelbert Humperdinck on August 11, 1967.[1] Released as a single in December 1967[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 England, 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 the local language, entitled "Dimenticarti non potrei" ("I couldn't forget you"). Leon Russell recorded the song as "Hank Wilson" in 1973.

Chart performance

Carl Belew

Chart (1959) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 9

Skeeter Davis

Chart (1960) Peak
position
U.S. 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
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under-Hot Singles 12

Engelbert Humperdinck

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

Jim Reeves

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ This Is My Life (Greatest Hits 1967-1969) booklet at Discogs Note: User required to open images.
  2. ↑ 45cat - "Am I That Easy to Forget" record details
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ "Debbie Reynolds – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Debbie Reynolds. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Debbie Reynolds – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Debbie Reynolds. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Engelbert Humperdinck". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ "Engelbert Humperdinck: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Engelbert Humperdinck – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Engelbert Humperdinck. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Engelbert Humperdinck – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Engelbert Humperdinck. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

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