Ed Bruce

About the artist

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.

Top songs

  1. Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys
  2. Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
  3. When I Die, Just Let Me Go To Texas
  4. My First Taste of Texas
  5. You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had
  6. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
  7. Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
  8. The Last Cowboy Song
  9. Mamma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
  10. This Old Hat
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  1. Girls, Women & Ladies
  2. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies G
  3. The Tracks You Left On Me
  4. Star-Studded Nights
  5. Rock Boppin' Baby
  6. There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
  7. Am I Gonna Have To Burn Atlanta Down
  8. Girls, Women, and Ladies
  9. After All
  10. When You Fall in Love Everything's a Waltz
  11. Old Wore Out Cowboy
  12. How Do You Do That?
  13. Angeline
  14. Homecoming 1945
  15. You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)
  16. The Bartender (It's All On the Jukebox)
  17. Sweet Woman
  18. Nights
  19. Man Made Of Glass
  20. I've Not Forgot Marie
  21. Changed
  22. Why Can't I Come Home
  23. Truth Is I'm A Liar
  24. Love Somebody To Death
  25. King Of Fools
  26. The Greatest Hit
  27. Everything's a Waltz
  28. Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up
  29. Girls, Women and Ladies
  30. Ever, Never Loving You
  31. He Lives
  32. I Can't Seem To Get The Hang Of Telling Her Goodbye
  33. One
  34. Never Take Candy From A Stranger
  35. In the Garden
  36. Walker's Woods
  37. He Brings Your Memory Back Again
  38. The Lord's Prayer
  39. The Man That Turned My Mama On
  40. (When You Fall in Love) Everything's a Waltz
  41. I Really Didn't Have A Thing To Do Today
  42. Texas When I Die
  43. Ever, Never Lovin' You
  44. Diane
  45. I Know Better
  46. Shadows of Her Mind
  47. The Wedding Dress
  48. The Feel of Bein' Gone
  49. If It Was Easy
  50. For My Good And To Your Glory
  51. The Greatest Love Song
  52. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboy
  53. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - (E.& P.Bruce)
  54. Kentucky Boy, California Man
  55. There's a Hand
  56. Evil Angel
  57. King Of The Road
  58. Love's Found You and Me
  59. Puzzles
  60. Growing Up
  61. Miracle Express
  62. My Baby Don't Need No Polish To Shine
  63. Did He Say It Better Than Me?
  64. Ninety Seven More to Go
  65. Mammas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
  66. The Family
  67. Give My Old Memory A Call
  68. I'm Gonna Have A Party
  69. Tell 'Em I've Gone Crazy
  70. The Price I Pay To Stay
  71. Cup of Conversation
  72. When a Man Becomes a Man
  73. Lonesome Is Me
  74. If I Could Just Go Home
  75. By Route of New Orleans
  76. Her Sweet Love and the Baby
  77. Theme From Bret Maverick
  78. Baby That's Good
  79. Song for Ginny
  80. You're Not Leavin' Here Tonight
  81. Quietly crazy
  82. A Thing Called Love
  83. I'm Getting Better
  84. If Only I Had Been There
  85. More Than Yesterday
  86. The Migrant
  87. See The Big Man Cry
  88. The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again
  89. Mamma Don't Let Your Babies Gr
  90. Tougher Than Nails

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