Ed Bruce

Aliases: Edwin Bruce
Real name: William Edwin Bruce, Jr.
Born: December 29, 1939
Died: January 8, 2021
Country: United States
IPI: 00004375509 11 works
00004378402 17 works
00040646205 2 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Country singer, songwriter and actor
Family: Patsy Bruce Ex-wife
Judith Bruce Wife

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Rock Boppin' Baby	Edwin Bruce	August 15, 1957	(7 artists)
Sweet Woman	Edwin Bruce	April 1958	Brian Setzer
See the Big Man Cry	Ed Bruce	1963	(4 artists)
Walker's Woods	Ed Bruce	December 1966	(2 artists)
The Price I Pay to Stay	Ed Bruce	September 1967	(2 artists)
Shadows of Her Mind	Ed Bruce	December 1967	(6 artists)
Everybody Wants to Get to Heaven	Ed Bruce	July 1969	(2 artists)
The Devil Ain't a Lonely Woman's Friend	Ed Bruce	March 1974	(2 artists)
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys	Ed Bruce	October 1975	(78 artists)
The Feel of Being Gone	Ed Bruce	February 1976	Conway Twitty
Mose Rankin	Ed Bruce	1976	George Hamilton IV
The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again	Ed Bruce	1976	(2 artists)
King of Fools	Ed Bruce	1977	(6 artists)
There Ain't No Good Chain Gang REL	Ed Bruce	1977	(9 artists) Originally by Johnny Cash with Waylon Jennings REC
When I Die, Just Let Me Go to Texas	Ed Bruce	1977	(13 artists)
Angeline	Ed Bruce	1978	(3 artists)
Give My Old Memory a Call	Ed Bruce	1978	Jan Howard
Girls, Women and Ladies	Ed Bruce	April 25, 1980	(4 artists)
The Last Cowboy Song	Ed Bruce	April 25, 1980	(5 artists)
Easy Temptations	Ed Bruce	March 1981	(2 artists)
Evil Angel	Ed Bruce	March 1981	Jesse Winchester
Hundred Dollar Lady	Ed Bruce	March 1981	Tage Öst & Fyrklang
(When You Fall in Love) Everything's a Waltz	Ed Bruce	March 1981	Rankarna & Mats Rådberg ‎
Theme from "Bret Maverick"	Ed Bruce	August 1982	Springbok
My First Taste of Texas	Ed Bruce	December 1982	Mats Rådberg & Rankarna
Tell 'Em I've Gone Crazy	Ed Bruce	July 1984	Randy Brown [1]
Fifteen to Forty-Three (Man in the Mirror)	Ed Bruce	1986	(2 artists)
Fishin' in the Dark	Ed Bruce	1986	(15 artists)
Nights	Ed Bruce	1986	Byron Hill
The Bartender (It's All on the jukebox)	Ed Bruce	2002	Red Jenkins feat. Ed Bruce

Covers by Ed Bruce

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
I Won't Cry Anymore	Ed Bruce	1963	Little Jimmy Scott
Lonesome Is Me	Ed Bruce	December 1966	Charlie Louvin
I'm Getting Better	Ed Bruce	1967	Jimmy Hughes
Last Train to Clarksville	Ed Bruce	1967	The Monkees
Are You Sincere	Ed Bruce	July 1969	Andy Williams
From Both Sides Now	Ed Bruce	July 1969	Judy Collins REL, Joni Mitchell REC
Today Is Mine	Ed Bruce	July 1969	Jerry Reed
Hey Porter	Ed Bruce	August 1969	Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
July, You're a Woman	Ed Bruce	November 1973	John Stewart and Buffy Ford
A Thing Called Love	Ed Bruce	1976	Jerry Reed
Cup of Conversation	Ed Bruce	1976	Calico
Sleep All Mornin'	Ed Bruce	1976	(unknown)
Streets of Laredo	Ed Bruce	1976	(unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
The Migrant	Ed Bruce	1976	Tony Joe White
Love Somebody to Death	Ed Bruce	1977	Merle Haggard
Star Studded Nights	Ed Bruce	1977	Sonny Throckmorton
The Family	Ed Bruce	1978	Tony Joe White
The Man That Turned My Mama On	Ed Bruce	1978	Tanya Tucker
Blue Umbrella	Ed Bruce	April 25, 1980	John Prine
I Still Wish the Very Best for You	Ed Bruce	April 25, 1980	Brent Titcomb
I Take the Chance	Ed Bruce	March 1981	The Browns [US1]
No Regrets	Ed Bruce	March 1981	Tom Rush
Behind Closed Doors	Ed Bruce	1981	Charlie Rich
Hallelujah I Love Her So	Ed Bruce	1981	Ray Charles
King of the Road	Ed Bruce	1981	Roger Miller [US-OK]
No Money Down	Ed Bruce	1981	Chuck Berry and His Combo
Ruby	Ed Bruce	1981	Waylon Jennings REC, Mel Tillis REL
Set Me Free	Ed Bruce	1981	Tammy Wynette
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye	Ed Bruce	1981	Jerry Lee Lewis REL, Mickey Newbury REC
Lucky Arms	Ed Bruce	April 1983	Lefty Frizzell
If She Just Helps Me Get Over You	Ed Bruce	September 1984	Allen Reynolds
I Think I Could Love You (Better Than He Did)	Ed Bruce	November 19, 1984	Charly McClain
Old Loves Never Die	Ed Bruce	November 19, 1984	Gene Watson
Down the Hall	Ed Bruce and Lynn Anderson	1986	The Oak Ridge Boys
Fools for Each Other	Ed Bruce with Lynn Anderson	1986	Guy Clark
Another Place, Another Time	Ed Bruce	1997	Unverified
Ship My Body Back to Texas	Red Jenkins feat. Ed Bruce	2006	Craig Chambers
The Bartender (It's All on the Jukebox)	Red Jenkins feat. Ed Bruce	2006	Ed Bruce

Songs written by Ed Bruce

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Everybody Wants to Get to Heaven	Ed Bruce	Ed Bruce	February 1969	Covered by (2 artists)
Girls, Women and Ladies	Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce, Ron Peterson	Ed Bruce	December 1979	Covered by (4 artists)
Give My Old Memory a Call	Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce, Ron Peterson	Ed Bruce	July 1978	Covered by Jan Howard
I'm Getting Better	Ed Bruce	Jimmy Hughes	September 1964	Covered by Ed Bruce
King of Fools	Ed Bruce	Ed Bruce	1958	Covered by (6 artists)
Lonesome Is Me	Ed Bruce	Charlie Louvin	October 28, 1965	Covered by Ed Bruce
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys	Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce	Ed Bruce	September 17, 1975	Covered by (78 artists)
One	Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson, Judith Bruce	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	March 1995	Covered by (2 artists)
Rock Boppin' Baby	Ed Bruce	Edwin Bruce	August 15, 1957	Covered by (7 artists)
Sweet Woman	Ed Bruce	Edwin Bruce	April 1958	Covered by Brian Setzer
Tell 'Em I've Gone Crazy	Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce, Ron Peterson	Ed Bruce	July 1984	Covered by Randy Brown [1]
Thank the Cowboy for the Ride	Ed Bruce, Paul Richey	Tammy Wynette	November 1988	Covered by Chris LeDoux
The Bartender (It's All on the jukebox)	Ed Bruce, Glenn Ray	Ed Bruce	2002	Covered by Red Jenkins feat. Ed Bruce
The Last Cowboy Song	Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson	Ed Bruce	December 1979	Covered by (5 artists)
Theme from "Bret Maverick"	Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce, Glenn Ray	Ed Bruce	June 1982	Covered by Springbok
The Price I Pay to Stay	Ed Bruce	Ed Bruce	February 28, 1967	Covered by (2 artists)
When I Die, Just Let Me Go to Texas	Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce, Bobby Borchers	Ed Bruce	1977	Covered by (13 artists)
(When You Fall in Love) Everything's a Waltz	Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce, Ron Peterson	Ed Bruce	October 1980	Covered by Rankarna & Mats Rådberg ‎

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Cowboys & Dreamers	Ed Bruce	1978	Epic
Ed Bruce	Ed Bruce	1976	United Artists Records
Ed Bruce	Ed Bruce	April 25, 1980	MCA Records
Homecoming	Ed Bruce	November 19, 1984	RCA Victor
If I Could Just Go Home	Ed Bruce	March 1968	RCA Victor
King of the Road	Ed Bruce	1981	Koala [Tennessee]
Night Things	Ed Bruce	1986	RCA Victor
One to One	Ed Bruce	March 1981	MCA Records
Shades of Ed Bruce	Ed Bruce	July 1969	Monument
Tell 'Em I've Gone Crazy	Ed Bruce	September 1984	MCA Records
The Singing Sheriff	Ed Bruce	September 28, 1983	MCA Records
The Tennessean	Ed Bruce	1977	Epic
This Old Hat	Ed Bruce	2002	Old Hat Productions
You're Not Leavin' Here Tonight	Ed Bruce	April 1983	MCA Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Baby That's Good	Ed Bruce	1977	Sun [US]
Ever, Never Lovin' You	Ed Bruce	August 1982	MCA Records
Her Sweet Love and the Baby	Ed Bruce	December 1967	RCA Victor
Hey Porter	Ed Bruce	August 1969	Monument
July, You're a Woman	Ed Bruce	November 1973	United Artists Records
Last Train to Clarksville	Ed Bruce	1967	RCA Victor
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys	Ed Bruce	October 1975	United Artists Records
My First Taste of Texas	Ed Bruce	December 1982	MCA Records
Rock Boppin' Baby	Edwin Bruce	August 15, 1957	Sun [US]
See the Big Man Cry	Ed Bruce	1963	Wand
Sleep All Mornin'	Ed Bruce	1976	United Artists Records
Sweet Woman	Edwin Bruce	April 1958	Sun [US]
Tell 'Em I've Gone Crazy	Ed Bruce	July 1984	MCA Records
The Devil Ain't a Lonely Woman's Friend	Ed Bruce	March 1974	United Artists Records
The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again	Ed Bruce	February 1976	United Artists Records
The Price I Pay to Stay	Ed Bruce	September 1967	RCA Victor
Walker's Woods	Ed Bruce	December 1966	RCA Victor