Remembering Ed Bruce — His Best Songs + Greatest Hits

Singer-songwriter Ed Bruce, who wrote a major hit for Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings before enjoying his own hit songs, died on Jan. 8, 2021.

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Ed Bruce had six Top 10 hits and one No. 1 song.

Here are some of our favorite songs that he wrote and recorded.

0:16 and 2:10 | “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”
3:00 | “You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had”
3:20 | “Quietly Crazy"

"After All"
"Ever, Never Lovin' You"
“Nights”
"My First Taste of Texas"
“Save Your Kisses”
“See the Big Man Cry”
“Walker’s Woods”
“Song for Jenny”
“The Man That Turned My Mama On”
“You Turn Me On Like a Radio”

Singer-songwriter Ed Bruce, who wrote "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and more classic country hits, has died. According to a press release from his representative, Bruce died in Clarksville, Tenn., from natural causes at the age of 81.

Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings recorded "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" as a duet in 1978, taking the song to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and winning a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1979. That track appeared in the Robert Redford and Jane Fonda movie The Electric Horseman, which also featured Nelson in his acting debut. Tanya Tucker also scored a No. 5 hit with Bruce's "Texas (When I Die)" in 1978.

Bruce signed with MCA Records in 1980, where he would score a string of solo successes that included "Diane," "The Last Cowboy Song," "When You Fall In Love (Everything's a Waltz)," "Evil Angel" and "Love's Found You And Me." He reached No. 1 with "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" in 1982.

He returned to RCA Records in 1984 and reached No. 3 hit with "You Turn Me On Like a Radio" in 1985. Bruce scored his final Top 10 single with "Nights" in 1986 and his last Top 40 single with "Quietly Crazy" in 1987.

Bruce also made a name for himself as an actor, appearing on TV's Bret Maverick alongside Jamer Garner, as well as hosting Truckin' USA and American Sports Cavalcade on The Nashville Network and appearing in made-for-TV movies, including The Chisolms and The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James. He graced the big screen in Fire Down Below with Steven Seagal, among other films.

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