Am I That Easy to Forget

"Am I That Easy to Forget"
"Am I That Easy to Forget"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album The Last Waltz
B-side	"Pretty Ribbon"
Released	1967
Genre	Pop
Length	3:05
Label	Parrot
Songwriter(s)	Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson
Producer(s)	Peter Sullivan
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology

"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. Released as a single in late 1967^[1] from his album The Last Waltz,^[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"). Petula Clark recorded the song in French as "Tu Reviendras Vers Ta Maison", and 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 (OCC)^[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

Orion

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[12]	100

References

^ "KGB, San Diego, CA - Survey for week of Wednesday December 20, 1967". Retrieved 2012-06-07.
^ "(Humperdinck)". discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
^ "(Humperdinck)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
^ "Debbie Reynolds Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ "Debbie Reynolds Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Engelbert Humperdinck". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ "SA Charts 1965 - 1989, Songs A-B". Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "Engelbert Humperdinck: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 224. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

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[1] "KGB, San Diego, CA - Survey for week of Wednesday December 20, 1967". Retrieved 2012-06-07.

[2] "(Humperdinck)". discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-06-07.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)

[4] "(Humperdinck)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-06-07.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Debbie_Reynolds-5] "Debbie Reynolds Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Debbie_Reynolds-6] "Debbie Reynolds Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[sc_Ireland2_Engelbert_Humperdinck-7] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Engelbert Humperdinck". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[8] "SA Charts 1965 - 1989, Songs A-B". Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Engelbert_Humperdinck-9] "Engelbert Humperdinck: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Engelbert_Humperdinck-10] "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Engelbert_Humperdinck-11] "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

[aus-12] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 224. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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v t e Engelbert Humperdinck
Discography
Singles	"Release Me" "There Goes My Everything" "The Last Waltz" "Am I That Easy to Forget" "A Man Without Love" "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" "The Way It Used to Be" "I'm a Better Man" "Winter World of Love" "Sweetheart" "When There's No You" "Another Time, Another Place" "Too Beautiful to Last" "After the Lovin'" "This Moment in Time" "Lesbian Seagull" "Love Will Set You Free"

v t e Jim Reeves
Studio albums	Jim Reeves Sings (1955) Singing Down the Lane (1956) Bimbo (1957) Jim Reeves (1957) Girls I Have Known (1958) God Be with You (1959) Songs to Warm the Heart (1959) According to My Heart (1960) The Intimate Jim Reeves (1960) He'll Have to Go (1960) Tall Tales and Short Tempers (1961) Talkin' to Your Heart (1961) The Country Side of Jim Reeves (1962) A Touch of Velvet (1962) We Thank Thee (1962) Gentleman Jim (1963) The International Jim Reeves (1963) Good 'n' Country (1963) Twelve Songs of Christmas (1963) Kimberley Jim (1964) Moonlight and Roses (1964) The Jim Reeves Way (1965) Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves (1966) Blue Side of Lonesome (1967) My Cathedral (1967) A Touch of Sadness (1968) Jim Reeves—and Some Friends (1969) Jim Reeves Writes You a Record (1971)
Live albums	Jim Reeves on Stage (1968)
Compilations	The Best of Jim Reeves (1964) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (1964) Up Through the Years (1965) The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II (1965) The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III (1969) Something Special (1971) 40 Golden Greats (1975) Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves (1982)
Singles	"Mexican Joe" "Bimbo" "I Love You" "Am I Losing You" "Yonder Comes a Sucker" "Four Walls" "Anna Marie" "Blue Boy" "Billy Bayou" "He'll Have to Go" "The Blizzard" "Stand at Your Window" "Adios Amigo" "Welcome to My World" "Love Is No Excuse" "I Guess I'm Crazy" "I Love You Because" "I Won't Forget You" "This Is It" "Is It Really Over?" "Distant Drums" "Blue Side of Lonesome" "I Won't Come In While He's There" "When You Are Gone" "Missing You" "Am I That Easy to Forget" "Don't Let Me Cross Over" "Have You Ever Been Lonely?"
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