Christmas 1971, I was 6 years old and didn't appreciate country music. My father bought this as a "gift" for me (truthfully, I think it was for him :)). I still have the 45 and cherish it now. I just wish he were still here to listen to it with me.
I was born in 1993 but have very VIVID memories of this music and other classics, as well as Chipmunks Christmas and other goofy fun stuff at MawMaw and PawPaw’s house.
@@OldMusicGuy I'm SO ready. There is nothing sweeter than memories of music that we loved and still do. Sound is one of the strongest memory triggers (as I've read and found out) and especially if it is associated with happy times and love. Happy Holidays! Take care and enjoy the memories!
1/11/1972-1/11/2022 My Wife & My 50th Wedding Anniversary, This Was Our First Pick Song For The Way We Felt About Each Other, & Still Do To This Day!! We've Been Through A Lot, But Still Love Each Other, Have 4 Sons, About 40 Grandkids To Great Great Grandkids, Family All Over The United States, Blood As Well As Friends That Are Like Family Too!!
My grandparents were in the coin operated machine business, so I had easy access to Juke boxes and 45s. This record was in a jukebox in the garage, and I played it over and over and over as a kid. Now, many years later, I’m living in my grandparents house with the same garage, and still listening to the same record - only on RU-vid now!
@@HillbillyBoogie1it’s popular but it’s not manufactured cookie-cutter stuff of all music today. I get your rebuttal but the original comment does have a point, albeit overstated on here.
Takes me back to when we green 1969 Olds Cutlass with an under dash 8 track player and my late mother singing this song with Salem cigarette buts crammed around the tape so it wouldn’t drag when playing
My father had this in a collection of 45s. Definitely a part of my childhood I can remember disappearing into, stacking the records, listening to the mechanism drop the next one, the pop of the lead in, and then the music you’d sing along with. Yesterday was definitely better than today in every facet for some people like me.
I had the honor and privilege to meet Freddie Hart in Nashville outside of the world famous Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. He was such a nice man and when I told him Easy Loving was the greatest country song ever written he was touched.
I Was Lucky To MEET Robert, When He Left Boss angeles For Chicago + It DIDN'T work Out, When He Returned He Went To KMPC+ THEY'RE SOFTBALL TEAM CAME TO SIMI VALLEY AND PLAYED OUR TEAM, HIS FAVORITE SONG WAS THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA, WHEN HE PASSED I TOOK THE DAY OFF OF WORK+ CRIED + CRIED LISTENING TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES SHARING THEIR MEMORIES ❤😂😊
I wasn't much into country music in 1971 but this song crossed over to pop and was getting airplay on top 40 stations and I took an instant liking to it. What a beautiful song that never becomes outdated. Still got a 45 of it.
I was 3 yo. Still my all time favorite song. Brings back good memories of my daddy. He is the reason I love music & learned piano. He played guitar. I think that’s one reason I loved Roy Clark. He looked a lot like my daddy.
Great Country song Bill 🎸♪♫♪♥ the kinda woman every man dreams about😊 .. Lucky guy who has that Beautiful Angel . Love his voice and the song♪♫♪♥ week end and it's party time woohoo💃💖🕺🥂🎈😊🥂
A timeless classic that emerges through the many years countless turns later as one of country's best singled ever recorded..thank God it shot to the top when released..and deservedly so..
What a great old song!!!!!!! I'm 54 but my dad played this when I was little and I still love it!!!! Music isn't as good as it used to be for sure!!! This house of sand, If fingerprints showed up on skin, one more mountain to climb, Write it all in, everybody in the whole world Holding hands , the arms of love, California grapevine, Easy lovin , and my favorite "Trip to heaven" just to mention a couple of my favorite Freddy Hart songs... what a legend!!
Thank you for leading me to those songs I'd never heard. I was raised on rock n roll along with my peers but, my dad always listened to country. I loved a lot of it. Easy Lovin was one of them.
@@nightmareaccomplice5816 No. That's a great song. Back in those days I listened to the rock and pop stations. Never went in the honky tonks much (after high school) but frequented the discos and college campus bars. I enjoy a lot of different styles of music. When head-bangin/punk rock started infiltrating the radio, I turned to country. I was always a more country-rock kinda guy anyway (Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Eagles). Thanks Again, Daryl {:o )
Absolutely love this song. Usually we associate songs with pleasant memories. But I remember this song (I was 16 years old) playing on a radio in the background in 1971 as my boss at the food store was reprimanding me in the backroom: ("You're not supposed to run home on your break, we have a breakroom here"). He was a good guy, though, and I went on to be a more conscientious employee!
This was my Dad's only favorite country song. He bought it on 45. He'd get me to call his girlfriend, and I handed him the phone, and he said hey baby, listen to this! Lol!
Remembering Freddie Heart born on December 21, 1926. He was an American country musician and songwriter best known for his chart-topping country song and lone pop hit "Easy Loving, " which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972. Hart charted singles from 1953 to 1987, and later became a gospel singer. He also performed at music festivals and other venues until his death in 2018. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Hart
@@petelee9887I had the privilege of meeting Freddie in Nashville right outside of Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. He was such a nice man and was so touched by the fact I had such a fondness for this song. No remake could ever be as good as the original and that’s why no one has ever made one.
