FREDDIE HART
Instruments: Vocals, Songwriter
Date of Birth: December 21,1926
Place of Birth: Lochapoka, Alabama
Born Fred Segrest, Hart was one of 15
children of sharecropper parents. He had to grow up quickly, at the age of five he
began playing the guitar, by age 12 he had quit school and started working for his
parents. At age 15, with the outbreak of World War II, he lied about his age and joined
the Marine Corps., seeing action at both Guam and Iwo Jima. While in the military, Hart
developed an interest in the martial arts, earning Black Belts in both Karate and Judo.
After the war he taught self defense at the L.A. Police Academy.
In 1948, he met Hank Williams who taught him a great deal about songwriting.
Then in 1951, he joined Lefty Frizzell's band for a year. It was through Frizzell that Hart
got his first recording contract with Capitol Records.
By 1959 he had his first hit recording - "The Wall" on Columbia Records. It was
in 1971, that Hart had his big hit "Easy Lovin'". The song went to number one on the
country charts and to number seventeen on the pop charts. It won two Grammy awards
and was recognized by The Country Music Association as
"The Song of the Year" for two years in a row - 1971 and 1972.
Hart's songwriting has generated hits for Porter Wagoner and Charlie Rich
among others. In discussing his songwriting Hart says, "I try to put down in my songs
what every man wants to say, and what every woman wants to hear".
Chart Songs as a Songwriter
| Song Title |
Recording Artist |
Chart* |
Year |
| Bless Your Heart |
Freddie Hart |
1 |
1972 |
| Easy Loving |
Freddie Hart |
1 |
1972 |
| Got The All Overs For You |
Freddie Hart |
1 |
1972 |
| Loose Talk |
Carl Smith |
1 |
1955 |
| My Hang Up Is You |
Freddie Hart |
1 |
1972 |
| Trip To Heaven |
Freddie Hart |
1 |
1973 |
| Hang In There Girl |
Freddie Hart |
2 |
1974 |
| Skid Row Joe |
Porter Wagoner |
3 |
1966 |
| If You Can't Feel It |
Freddie Hart |
3 |
1973 |
| Want To's |
Freddie Hart |
3 |
1974 |
| Loose Talk |
Buck Owens & Rose Maddox |
4 |
1961 |
| Willie The Weeper |
Billy Walker |
5 |
1962 |
| Warm Side Of You |
Freddie Hart |
6 |
1975 |
| Why Lovers Turn To
Strangers |
Freddie Hart |
8 |
1976 |
| Togetherness |
Buck Owens & Susan
Raye |
12 |
1970 |
| My Tears Are Overdue |
George Jones |
15 |
1964 |
| Hank Williams Guitar |
Freddie Hart |
23 |
1965 |
| What A Laugh |
Freddie Hart |
23 |
1961 |
| Togetherness |
Freddie Hart |
24 |
1967 |
| While The Feelings Good |
Rex Allen, Jr. & Margo
Smith |
26 |
1981 |
| Whole World Holding Hands |
Freddie Hart |
27 |
1970 |
| You're Crazy Man |
Freddie Hart |
31 |
1981 |
*Chart position is based on Billboard Magazine Pop, Country, R&B, & A/C Charts. Other music industry
charts may have shown higher chart positions.
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