Freddie Hart (musician)
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Frederick Segrest known professionally as Freddie Hart, is an American
country musician and songwriter
best-known for his No. 1 hit "Easy Loving
," which won the Country Music Association
Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972.
Hart charted singles from 1953–1987, and later became a gospel
singer. He continues to perform at music festivals and other venues.
family in Loachapoka, Alabama
in 1926 and spent his childhood in nearby Phenix City, Alabama
along with his 14 siblings. He learned to play guitar at age 5 and quit school by age 12. At age 15, Hart lied about his age to join the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II
, seeing combat action on Guam
and Iwo Jima
. Following the war, Hart lived in California
where he taught classes in self-defense at the Los Angeles Police Academy.
covered
Hart's song "Loose Talk
" in 1955. Other artists who recorded his songs included Patsy Cline
("Lovin' In Vain"), George Jones
("My Tears are Overdue") and Porter Wagoner
("Skid Row Joe").
During the early 1950s, Hart and his family moved to California to further the growing country music scene there. In 1951, he joined Lefty Frizzell
's band for a year. It was through Frizzell that Hart got his first recording contract with Capitol Records
in 1953. He released several singles including his version of "Loose Talk", but none of these was successful. In 1958, Hart signed with Columbia Records
and scored his first chart hit with "The Wall" in 1959 which made the Top 20. His biggest hit for the label was the 1960 Top 20 hit "The Key's In The Mailbox".
In 1965, Hart signed with Kapp Records
where he would score several Top 40 hits between 1965 and 1968. The biggest of these hits included "Hank Williams' Guitar" (1965), "Born A Fool" (1968) and "Togetherness" (1968).
by signing up with Buck Owens
' songwriting and management company. In early 1970, he scored a Top 30 hit with "The Whole World's Holdin' Hands". Hart's song "Togetherness", a hit for him in 1968, became a Top 15 hit for Buck Owens and Susan Raye
that summer. Hart would score several minor hits during the year.
In 1971, Hart released a song that he wrote called "Easy Loving
" which was first recorded in the summer of 1969 for his album California Grapevine, released in 1970. Released in the summer of 1971, "Easy Loving" rapidly began climbing the charts; and by that September, it was No. 1 for three weeks on the country charts and reached No. 17 on the pop charts. It was also played on adult contemporary stations, earning a position on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. The song would ultimately win Hart numerous awards from both the Academy of Country Music
and Country Music Association
. The song sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record
by the R.I.A.A. in November 1971. The album of the same name also reportedly went gold. The song also won a Grammy Award
for Hart.
From this success, Hart and his backup band, the Heartbeats, had a string of Top 5 hits with "My Hang-Up Is You
" (six weeks at No. 1 in 1972), "Bless Your Heart
" (No. 1 in 1972), "Got the All Overs For You (All Over Me)
" (No. 1 in 1972), "If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)" (1973), "Super Kind of Woman
" (No. 1 in 1973), "Trip to Heaven
" (No. 1 in 1973), "Hang In There Girl" (1974), "The Want-To's" (1974), "My Woman's Man" (1975), "The First Time" (1975), "I'd Like To Sleep Till I Get Over You" (1975) and "The Warm Side of You" (1975). He has been called by many fans as "The Heart and Soul of Country Music".
With the success of "Easy Loving" and other songs he wrote, plus a popular concert attraction on the road, Hart became independently wealthy and owned a songwriting company, a school for the blind, a trucking company, and a chain of martial arts
studios—his hobby was as a master of karate.
In 1980, Hart signed with Sunbird Records, and immediately scored a Top 20 hit with "Sure Thing" that year. He followed this up with 3 Top 40 hits in 1981. This ended his days as a major country artist. In 1985 and 1987, he had a couple of minor hits on El Dorado and 5th Avenue Records, with his last hit being "The Best Love I Ever Had" in 1987 peaking at No. 77.
. A few years later, Phenix City declared a major east-west street Freddie Hart Parkway in his honor.
Hart released a handful of new albums on CD, showcasing his passion for gospel music, patriotism and the traditional country sound that originally made him famous. These albums prompted him to selectively tour and perform concerts around the world. Hart retains a large following in Europe and the U.S., where he continues to perform at music festivals, universities, churches and industry events.
United States
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country musician and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
best-known for his No. 1 hit "Easy Loving
Easy Loving
"Easy Loving" is a song composed by country music singer-songwriter Freddie Hart. Released in the summer of 1971, it became Hart's breakthrough hit and a country music standard.-Song history:...
," which won the Country Music Association
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...
Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972.
Hart charted singles from 1953–1987, and later became a gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
singer. He continues to perform at music festivals and other venues.
Childhood and military service
Hart was born to a sharecropperSharecropping
Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land . This should not be confused with a crop fixed rent contract, in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a fixed amount of...
family in Loachapoka, Alabama
Loachapoka, Alabama
Loachapoka is a town in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is located seven miles west of Auburn in west-central Lee County. The population was 165 as of the 2000 census. It is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area....
in 1926 and spent his childhood in nearby Phenix City, Alabama
Phenix City, Alabama
Phenix City is a city and the county seat in Russell County in the U.S. state of Alabama. Portions of Lee County are addressed as Phenix City, 36870 ZIP code, for the sole purpose that Smiths Station does not have full incorporation to annex the area...
along with his 14 siblings. He learned to play guitar at age 5 and quit school by age 12. At age 15, Hart lied about his age to join the U.S. Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, seeing combat action on Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
and Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, officially , is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain, which lie south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The island is located south of mainland Tokyo and administered as part of Ogasawara, one of eight villages of Tokyo...
. Following the war, Hart lived in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
where he taught classes in self-defense at the Los Angeles Police Academy.
Early career
Hart got an early career break when singer Carl SmithCarl Smith (country musician)
Carl Milton Smith was an American country music singer. Known as "Mister Country," Smith was the husband of June Carter and Goldie Hill, the drinking companion of Johnny Cash, and the father of Carlene Carter...
covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
Hart's song "Loose Talk
Loose Talk (song)
"Loose Talk" was a 1954 song written by Freddie Hart and recorded by Carl Smith and was his last number one. It was at the top spot of the Billboard country and western chart for seven weeks and had a total of thirty-two weeks listed there...
" in 1955. Other artists who recorded his songs included Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...
("Lovin' In Vain"), George Jones
George Jones
George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
("My Tears are Overdue") and Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and...
("Skid Row Joe").
During the early 1950s, Hart and his family moved to California to further the growing country music scene there. In 1951, he joined Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell , born William Orville Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a proponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, George Jones and John Fogerty...
's band for a year. It was through Frizzell that Hart got his first recording contract with Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
in 1953. He released several singles including his version of "Loose Talk", but none of these was successful. In 1958, Hart signed with Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
and scored his first chart hit with "The Wall" in 1959 which made the Top 20. His biggest hit for the label was the 1960 Top 20 hit "The Key's In The Mailbox".
In 1965, Hart signed with Kapp Records
Kapp Records
Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp . David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca Records and RCA Victor Records. Kapp licensed its records to London Records for release in the UK.In 1967, David Kapp sold his label to MCA Inc...
where he would score several Top 40 hits between 1965 and 1968. The biggest of these hits included "Hank Williams' Guitar" (1965), "Born A Fool" (1968) and "Togetherness" (1968).
Re-signing with Capitol Records and Easy Loving
In 1969, Hart re-signed with Capitol Records and soon became a part of the Bakersfield soundBakersfield sound
The Bakersfield sound was a genre of country music developed in the mid- to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. The many hit singles were largely produced by Capitol Records country music head, Ken Nelson. Bakersfield country was a reaction against the slickly produced, string...
by signing up with Buck Owens
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
' songwriting and management company. In early 1970, he scored a Top 30 hit with "The Whole World's Holdin' Hands". Hart's song "Togetherness", a hit for him in 1968, became a Top 15 hit for Buck Owens and Susan Raye
Susan Raye
Susan Raye is an American country music singer. She enjoyed great popularity during the early and mid 1970's and chalked up seven top 10 and nineteen top 40 country hits Susan Raye discography, most notably the song "L.A...
that summer. Hart would score several minor hits during the year.
In 1971, Hart released a song that he wrote called "Easy Loving
Easy Loving
"Easy Loving" is a song composed by country music singer-songwriter Freddie Hart. Released in the summer of 1971, it became Hart's breakthrough hit and a country music standard.-Song history:...
" which was first recorded in the summer of 1969 for his album California Grapevine, released in 1970. Released in the summer of 1971, "Easy Loving" rapidly began climbing the charts; and by that September, it was No. 1 for three weeks on the country charts and reached No. 17 on the pop charts. It was also played on adult contemporary stations, earning a position on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. The song would ultimately win Hart numerous awards from both the Academy of Country Music
Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the...
and Country Music Association
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...
. The song sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the R.I.A.A. in November 1971. The album of the same name also reportedly went gold. The song also won a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Hart.
From this success, Hart and his backup band, the Heartbeats, had a string of Top 5 hits with "My Hang-Up Is You
My Hang-Up Is You
"My Hang-Up Is You" is a 1972 single by Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats. "My Hang-Up Is You" was Hart's second number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for six weeks and spent a total of eighteen weeks on the chart....
" (six weeks at No. 1 in 1972), "Bless Your Heart
Bless Your Heart
"Bless Your Heart" is a song made famous by country music singer Freddie Hart. Originally released in 1972, the song became his third No. 1 song that summer and was the title track to Hart's 1972 album....
" (No. 1 in 1972), "Got the All Overs For You (All Over Me)
Got the All Overs For You (All Over Me)
"Got the All Overs For You is a 1972 single by Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats. "Got the All Overs For You " would be Freddie Hart's fourth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks at and spent a total of sixteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart...
" (No. 1 in 1972), "If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)" (1973), "Super Kind of Woman
Super Kind of Woman
"Super Kind of Woman" is a 1973 single by Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats. "Super Kind of Woman" would be Freddie Hart's fifth number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent twelve weeks on the country chart....
" (No. 1 in 1973), "Trip to Heaven
Trip to Heaven
"Trip to Heaven" is a 1973 single by Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats. "Trip to Heaven" was Freddie Hart's sixth and final number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:...
" (No. 1 in 1973), "Hang In There Girl" (1974), "The Want-To's" (1974), "My Woman's Man" (1975), "The First Time" (1975), "I'd Like To Sleep Till I Get Over You" (1975) and "The Warm Side of You" (1975). He has been called by many fans as "The Heart and Soul of Country Music".
With the success of "Easy Loving" and other songs he wrote, plus a popular concert attraction on the road, Hart became independently wealthy and owned a songwriting company, a school for the blind, a trucking company, and a chain of martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
studios—his hobby was as a master of karate.
Late 1970s–80s
By 1976, Hart continued to have major hits although now his streak of Top 10s were replaced by a streak of Top 20 and Top 30 hits. These included "You Are The Song Inside Of Me" (1976), "That Look In Her Eyes" (1976), "Thank God She's Mine" (1977), "The Pleasure's Been All Mine" (1977), "Toe to Toe" (1978), and "Wasn't It Easy Baby" (1979). His last Top 10 hit came with the hit "Why Lovers Turn to Strangers" in 1977, which peaked at No. 8. This song was written by east Idaho based composer Bobby Fender.In 1980, Hart signed with Sunbird Records, and immediately scored a Top 20 hit with "Sure Thing" that year. He followed this up with 3 Top 40 hits in 1981. This ended his days as a major country artist. In 1985 and 1987, he had a couple of minor hits on El Dorado and 5th Avenue Records, with his last hit being "The Best Love I Ever Had" in 1987 peaking at No. 77.
2000s–present
In 2001, Hart was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of FameAlabama Music Hall of Fame
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame, first conceived by the Muscle Shoals Music Association in the early 1980s, was created by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board, which then saw to its Phase One construction of a after a state-wide referendum in 1987...
. A few years later, Phenix City declared a major east-west street Freddie Hart Parkway in his honor.
Hart released a handful of new albums on CD, showcasing his passion for gospel music, patriotism and the traditional country sound that originally made him famous. These albums prompted him to selectively tour and perform concerts around the world. Hart retains a large following in Europe and the U.S., where he continues to perform at music festivals, universities, churches and industry events.
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | RIAA | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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| 1962 | The Spirited Freddie Hart | Columbia | |||
| 1966 | The Hart of Country Music | 19 | Kapp | ||
| Straight from the Heart | |||||
| 1967 | A Hurtin' Man | ||||
| The Neon and the Rain | |||||
| 1968 | Togetherness | 32 | |||
| Born a Fool | 35 | ||||
| 1969 | Greatest Hits | ||||
| 1970 | New Sounds | Capitol | |||
| 1971 | California Grapevine | 23 | |||
| Easy LovingA | 1 | 37 | Gold | ||
| 1972 | My Hang-Up Is You | 2 | 89 | ||
| Bless Your Heart | 3 | 93 | |||
| The World of Freddie Hart | 37 | Columbia | |||
| 1972 | Got the All Overs for You | 1 | Capitol | ||
| 1973 | Super Kind of Woman | 1 | |||
| Trip to Heaven | 5 | 188 | |||
| If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There) | 8 | ||||
| 1974 | Hang in there Girl | 6 | |||
| Country Heart 'N Soul | 14 | ||||
| 1975 | Freddie Hart's Greatest Hits | 9 | |||
| Presents the Heartbeats | |||||
| The First Time | 14 | ||||
| 1976 | People Put to Music | 20 | |||
| That Look in Her Eyes | 44 | ||||
| 1977 | The Pleasure's Been All Mine | 44 | |||
| 1978 | Only You | ||||
| 1979 | My Lady | ||||
| 1980 | A Sure Thing | 52 | Sunbird |
- AEasy Loving also peaked at No. 67 on the RPMRPM (magazine)RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
Top Albums chart.
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | |||
| 1953 | "Butterfly Love" | singles only | ||
| "Secret Kisses" | ||||
| 1954 | "Loose Talk" | |||
| "Caught at Last" | ||||
| "Please Don't Tell Her" | ||||
| 1955 | "Miss Lonely Heart" | |||
| "No Thanks to You" | ||||
| "Hiding in the Darkness" | ||||
| 1956 | "Dig Boy Dig" | |||
| "Snatch It and Grab It" | ||||
| "Drink Up and Go Home" | The Spirited Freddie Hart | |||
| 1957 | "On the Prowl" (w/ Brenda Lee Brenda Lee Brenda Mae Tarpley , known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis... ) |
single only | ||
| "Fraulein" | The Spirited Freddie Hart | |||
| "Say No More" | singles only | |||
| "Heaven Only Knows" | ||||
| 1958 | "I Won't Be Home Tonight" | |||
| "I'm No Angel" | The Spirited Freddie Hart | |||
| 1959 | "The Wall" | 24 | ||
| "Chain Gang" | 17 | |||
| 1960 | "The Key's in the Mailbox" | 18 | ||
| 1961 | "Lying Again" | 27 | single only | |
| "What a Laugh!" | 23 | The Spirited Freddie Hart | ||
| 1962 | "Like You Are" | singles only | ||
| "Stand Up" | ||||
| 1963 | "I'll Hit It with a Stick" | |||
| "Angels Like You" | ||||
| "For a Second Time" | ||||
| 1964 | "First You Go Through Me" | |||
| "Hurt Feels So Good" | The Hart of Country Music | |||
| 1965 | "You've Got It Coming to You" | |||
| "Hank Williams' Guitar" (w/ The Heartbeats The Heartbeats The Heartbeats were a 1950s American doo-wop group best known for their song "A Thousand Miles Away", which charted at #53 in the US Billboard listings in 1957.... ) |
23 | |||
| 1966 | "Why Should I Cry Over You" (w/ The Heartbeats) | 45 | ||
| "Together Again" | Straight from the Heart | |||
| "Misty Blue" | A Hurtin' Man | |||
| 1967 | "I'll Hold You in My Heart" | 63 | ||
| "Neon and the Rain" | The Neon and the Rain | |||
| 1968 | "Togetherness" | 24 | Togetherness | |
| "Born a Fool" | 21 | 8 | Born a Fool | |
| "Don't Cry Baby" | 70 | singles only | ||
| 1969 | "Why Leave Something I Can't Use" | |||
| "I Lost All My Tomorrows" | ||||
| 1970 | "The Whole World Holding Hands" | 27 | New Sounds | |
| "One More Mountain to Climb" | 48 | |||
| "Fingerprints" | 41 | |||
| "California Grapevine" | 68 | California Grapevine | ||
| 1971 | "Easy Loving Easy Loving "Easy Loving" is a song composed by country music singer-songwriter Freddie Hart. Released in the summer of 1971, it became Hart's breakthrough hit and a country music standard.-Song history:... " |
1 | 1 | Easy Loving |
| 1972 | "My Hang-Up Is You My Hang-Up Is You "My Hang-Up Is You" is a 1972 single by Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats. "My Hang-Up Is You" was Hart's second number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for six weeks and spent a total of eighteen weeks on the chart.... " |
1 | 1 | My Hang-Up Is You |
| "Bless Your Heart Bless Your Heart "Bless Your Heart" is a song made famous by country music singer Freddie Hart. Originally released in 1972, the song became his third No. 1 song that summer and was the title track to Hart's 1972 album.... " |
1 | 4 | Bless Your Heart | |
| "Got the All Overs For You (All Over Me) Got the All Overs For You (All Over Me) "Got the All Overs For You is a 1972 single by Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats. "Got the All Overs For You " would be Freddie Hart's fourth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks at and spent a total of sixteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart... " |
1 | 1 | Got the All Overs for You | |
| 1973 | "Super Kind of Woman Super Kind of Woman "Super Kind of Woman" is a 1973 single by Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats. "Super Kind of Woman" would be Freddie Hart's fifth number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent twelve weeks on the country chart.... " |
1 | 1 | Super Kind of Woman |
| "Born a Fool" (re-release) | 41 | 32 | Born a Fool | |
| "Trip to Heaven Trip to Heaven "Trip to Heaven" is a 1973 single by Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats. "Trip to Heaven" was Freddie Hart's sixth and final number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:... " |
1 | 1 | Trip to Heaven | |
| "If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)" | 3 | 5 | If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There) | |
| 1974 | "Hang in There Girl" | 2 | Hang in there Girl | |
| "The Want-To's" | 3 | 3 | ||
| "My Woman's Man" | 3 | 2 | Country Heart 'N Soul | |
| 1975 | "I'd Like to Sleep Til I Get Over You" | 5 | 20 | |
| "The First Time The First Time (Freddie Hart song) "The First Time" is a single by American country music artist Freddie Hart. Released in June 1975, it was the first single from his album The First Time. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.-Chart... " |
2 | 1 | The First Time | |
| "Warm Side of You" | 6 | 3 | ||
| 1976 | "You Are the Song (Inside of Me) You Are the Song (Inside of Me) "You Are the Song " is a single by American country music artist Freddie Hart. Released in January 1976, it was the third single from his album The First Time. The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in... " |
11 | 1 | |
| "She'll Throw Stones at You" | 12 | 6 | People Put to Music | |
| "That Look in Her Eyes" | 11 | That Look in Her Eyes | ||
| 1977 | "Why Lovers Turn to Strangers" | 8 | 3 | |
| "Thank God She's Mine" | 11 | 4 | The Pleasure's Been All Mine | |
| "The Pleasure's Been All Mine" | 13 | 23 | ||
| "It's Heaven Loving You" | flip | |||
| "The Search" (w/ The Heartbeats) | 43 | |||
| 1978 | "So Good, So Rare, So Fine" | 27 | 32 | Only You |
| "Only You" | 34 | |||
| "Toe to Toe" | 21 | 35 | My Lady | |
| 1979 | "My Lady" | 40 | 53 | |
| "Wasn't It Easy Baby" | 28 | 57 | ||
| 1980 | "Sure Thing" | 15 | A Sure Thing | |
| "Roses Are Red" | 33 | |||
| 1981 | "You're Crazy Man" | 31 | ||
| "You Were There" | 38 | singles only | ||
| 1985 | "I Don't Want to Lose You" | 81 | ||
| 1987 | "Best Love I Never Had" | 77 |
- A"Easy Loving" also peaked at No. 17 on the BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot 100Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, No. 31 on the Canadian RPMRPM (magazine)RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and No. 21 on the RPM Top Singles chart.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award Ceremony | Award | Won / Nominated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Country Music Association Country Music Association The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre... |
Song of the Year - "Easy Loving" | Won |
| 1971 | Country Music Association | Male Vocalist of the Year | Nominated |
| 1971 | Country Music Association | Album of the Year - Easy Loving | Nominated |
| 1971 | Country Music Association | Single of the Year - "Easy Loving" | Nominated |
| 1971 | Academy of Country Music Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the... |
Song of the Year - "Easy Loving" | Won |
| 1971 | Academy of Country Music | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won |
| 1972 | Grammy | Best Country Male Vocalist - "Easy Loving" | Won |
| 1972 | Country Music Association | Song of the Year: "Easy Loving" | Won |
| 1972 | Academy of Country Music | Album of the Year - Easy Loving | Nominated |
| 1972 | Academy of Country Music | Male Vocalist of the Year | Nominated |
| 1972 | Country Music Association | Male Vocalist of the Year | Nominated |
| 1973 | Academy of Country Music | Male Vocalist of the Year | Nominated |
| 1974 | Academy of Country Music | Male Vocalist of the Year | Nominated |