Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

Ed Bruce

  • Listeners

    41.6K

  • Scrobbles

    325.6K

  • Listeners

    41.6K

  • Scrobbles

    325.6K

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
29 December 1939
Born In
Keiser, Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States
Died
8 January 2021 (aged 81)
Ed Bruce (born William Edwin Bruce Jr. on 29 December 1939; died 8 January 2021) was an American country music songwriter, singer and actor. He is remembered for writing the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and recording the 1982 country number one hit "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had". He also co-starred in the television series Bret Maverick with James Garner during the 1981-82 season. Bruce was born in Keiser, Arkansas and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1957, at the age of 17, he went to see Jack Clemen… read more
Ed Bruce (born William Edwin Bruce Jr. on 29 December 1939; died 8 January 2021) was an American country music songwriter, singer and actor. He is remembered for writing the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and recording the 1982 country number on… read more
Ed Bruce (born William Edwin Bruce Jr. on 29 December 1939; died 8 January 2021) was an American country music songwriter, singer and actor. He is remembered for writing the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and recording the 1982 country number one hit "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had". He… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Moe Bandy

  2. Avatar for Gene Watson

  3. Avatar for T.G. Sheppard
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Legendary Country Songwriters Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys
  • Loading
 1,403 listeners
2 Play track The Tennessean When I Die, Just Let Me Go To Texas
  • Loading
 356 listeners
3 Play track The Best of Ed Bruce My First Taste of Texas
  • Loading
 299 listeners
4 Play track The Best of Ed Bruce You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had
  • Loading
 280 listeners
5 This Old Hat The Tracks You Left On Me
  • Loading
 121 listeners
6 This Old Hat This Old Hat
  • Loading
 117 listeners
7 The Tennessean Star-Studded Nights
  • Loading
 85 listeners
8 Play track Country Hits The Last Cowboy Song
  • Loading
 83 listeners
9 The Tennessean There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
  • Loading
 66 listeners
10 The Tennessean Am I Gonna Have To Burn Atlanta Down
  • Loading
 57 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 12,763 listeners

    16 Nov 2008 · 14 tracks

    Country Hits
    • Loading

  2. 5,544 listeners

    1995 · 18 tracks

    The Best of Ed Bruce
    • Loading

  3. 4,477 listeners

    31 Dec 2001 · 13 tracks

    This Old Hat
    • Loading

  4. 4,443 listeners

    1 Jan 1977 · 10 tracks

    The Tennessean
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
50
43
49
58
57
57
50
63
62
53
48
60
49
61
61
60
50
71
54
64
61
60
64
51
90
57
64
57
62
57
65
62
50
59
78
65
53
62
69
51
72
71
57
68
56
62
57
53
80
78
65
66
60
70
60
64
55
53
60
61
66
102
58
67
80
62
53
70
64
60
52
64
66
55
43
52
59
45
50
51
66
59
55
61
61
67
55
42
63
66
53
63
58
65
57
48
52
47
57
44
56
55
46
52
60
61
56
55
64
66
57
53
75
51
60
73
65
64
69
74
56
59
58
71
53
62
65
55
46
54
64
54
45
55
47
65
53
55
48
53
60
48
59
58
56
72
60
53
66
67
62
52
52
56
58
59
67
45
68
57
53
73
52
38
57
58
56
62
53
55
53
53
76
67
56
54
55
56
63
52
55

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 44,427 listeners

    Avatar for Moe Bandy

  2. 42,021 listeners

    Avatar for Gene Watson

  3. 31,541 listeners

    Avatar for T.G. Sheppard

  4. 45,230 listeners

    Avatar for John Conlee

  5. 27,185 listeners

    Avatar for Mel Tillis

  6. 180,938 listeners

    Avatar for Eddie Rabbitt

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls