Am I That Easy to Forget

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"Am I That Easy to Forget"
Single by Carl Belew
B-side "Such Is Life"
Released1959
Recorded1959
Genre Country
Length2:25
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Country Johnny Mathis
Producer(s) Peter Sullivan
Carl Belew singles chronology
"My Baby's Not Here (In Town Tonight)"
(1958)
"Am I That Easy to Forget"
(1959)
"Cool Gator Shoes"
(1959)
"Am I That Easy to Forget"
Single by Debbie Reynolds
B-side "Ask Me to Go Steady"
ReleasedDecember 1959
Recorded1959
Genre Pop
Length2:18
Label Dot
Songwriter(s) Country Johnny Mathis
Producer(s) Peter Sullivan
Debbie Reynolds singles chronology
"It Started With a Kiss"
(1959)
"Am I That Easy to Forget"
(1959)
"City Lights"
(1960)
"Am I That Easy to Forget"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album The Last Waltz
B-side "Pretty Ribbon"
Released1967
Genre Pop
Length3:05
Label Parrot
Songwriter(s) Country Johnny Mathis
Producer(s) Peter Sullivan
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology
"The Last Waltz"
(1967)
"Am I That Easy to Forget"
(1967)
"A Man Without Love"
(1968)

"Am I That Easy to Forget" is a popular song written by country music singer Country Johnny Mathis who later sold the publishing rights (not the copyright) to W.S. Stevenson and published in 1958. Carl Belew recorded his song in Nashville on December 17, 1958, and released the single in March 1959, when 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), Jerry Wallace (1962), Gene Vincent (1966), George Jones (1967), Patti Page (1968), Ann-Margret & Lee Hazlewood (1969), Jim Reeves (#12 country, 1973) and Prairie Oyster (1991).

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In 1960, the singer and actress Debbie Reynolds recorded a version 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 the 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 the United Kingdom, 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 Italian, entitled "Dimenticarti non potrei" ("I couldn't forget you"). Petula Clark recorded the song in French as "Tu Reviendras Vers Ta Maison" ("You Will Come Back to Your Home") and Leon Russell recorded the song as "Hank Wilson" in 1973.

Chart performance

Carl Belew

Chart (1959)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Country Singles9

Skeeter Davis

Chart (1960)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Country Singles11

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
US Billboard Bubbling Under-Hot Singles12

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
US Billboard Hot Country Singles12
Canadian RPM Country Tracks9
South Africa (Springbok Radio)15

Orion

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

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