Easy Loving
Freddie Hart
1971
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Freddie Hart
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Freddie Hart developed as both a country singer and a songwriter, with early encouragement from Wayne Raney and Lefty Frizzell. Other artists recorded his material before Easy Loving brought him a much larger audience of his own. His career included Capitol and Columbia recordings, appearances on Town Hall Party, and later gospel albums and live performances.
Artist background sources
Apple Music - Freddie Hart artist biography
Licensed biography read for singer/songwriter career, Raney/Frizzell encouragement, Capitol/Columbia, Town Hall Party, Easy Loving breakthrough and later gospel work. Omit military anecdotes, medical details and sales rankings. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Easy Loving by Freddie Hart appears at number 68 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1971. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1971 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Not classified - no adequate editorial basis in this pass
Billboard year-end 1971 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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