Ed Bruce
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Artist's top tracks
| One | Ed Bruce | 03:56 | |
| The Last Cowboy Song | Ed Bruce | 04:58 | |
| Girls, Women & Ladies | Ed Bruce | 03:15 | |
| This Old Hat | Ed Bruce | 03:08 | |
| Angeline | Ed Bruce | 03:05 | |
| Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys | Ed Bruce | 03:21 | |
| My First Taste of Texas | Ed Bruce | 03:54 | |
| When I Die, Just Let Me Go To Texas | Ed Bruce | 03:11 | |
| You're The Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had | Ed Bruce | 03:18 | |
| Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys | Ed Bruce | 02:00 |
Most popular release
| Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys | |
| The Last Cowboy Song | |
| Girls, Women & Ladies | |
| You're The Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had |
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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 “Rockin’ Boppin’ Baby” (1957). He continued
to record, and he found success as a songwriter when his “See the Big Man
Cry” 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 “Walker’s Woods”. He would establish
himself with his self-titled 1976 album that contained “Mamas Don’t Let Your
Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”, 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 1981’s “You’re the Best Break
This Old Heart Ever Had” (his only number 1 as a performer), 1982’s “Ever,
Never Lovin’ You”, 1983’s “After All”, 1984’s “You Turn Me On
(Like a Radio)”, and 1986’s “Nights”. 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.