Ed Bruce
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Biography
A country performer, songwriter, and occasional actor, Ed Bruce was born William Edwin Bruce Jr. on December 29, 1939 in Keiser, Arkansas. As a teenager he was discovered by the legendary head of Sun Records, Sam Phillips and had his first professional work at Sun as a rockabilly artist on singles like âRockinâ Boppinâ Babyâ (1957). He continued to record, and he found success as a songwriter when his âSee the Big Man Cryâ became a top 10 hit in 1965 for Charlie Louvin. His 1968 debut album, If I Could Just Go Home gave him his biggest chart success to that point with the number 57 country single âWalkerâs Woodsâ. He would establish himself with his self-titled 1976 album that contained âMamas Donât Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboysâ, a number 15 country hit for him that would become an outlaw country standard when covered three years later by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. He went on to score a string of seventeen top 40 country hits throughout the 1980s including 1981âs âYouâre the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Hadâ (his only number 1 as a performer), 1982âs âEver, Never Lovinâ Youâ, 1983âs âAfter Allâ, 1984âs âYou Turn Me On (Like a Radio)â, and 1986âs âNightsâ. He switched his focus to acting and became a TV host as well as the co-star in the short-lived western series Bret Maverick. Bruce passed away on January 8, 2021.
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Albums
Top Tracks
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- Eight Wheel Driver
- You're The Best Break (This Ole Heart Ever Had) featuring Ed Bruce
- Doll Baby
- I'm Gonna Have a Party
- For My Good and to Your Glory
- Man Made of Glass
- Girls, Women, and Ladies
- You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had featuring Ed Bruce
- The Rain in Baby's Life
- The Mustache Song by Ed Bruce
- July, You're a Woman
- Jesus Loved the Hell Out of Me by Ed Bruce
- He Lives
- If It Was Easy
- In Jesus' Eyes
- Angeline
- The Last Cowboy Song by Ed Bruce
- Jesus Loved the Hell out of Me
- King Of Fools
- Just Being With You
- Memphis Roots
- Down The Hall
- There's An Angel Living Here by Ed Bruce
- Fools For Each Other
