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Freddie Hart
12+ albums
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Frederick Segrest (Loachapoka, Alabama, December 21, 1926 – October 27, 2018), known professionally as Freddie Hart, was an American country musician and songwriter best known for his chart-topping country song and lone pop hit "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972. Hart charted singles from 1953 to 1987, and later became a gospel singer. He performed at music festivals and other venues until he died. Hart was born to a sharecropper family in Loachapoka, Alabama, in 1926 and spent his childhood in nearby Phenix City, Alabama, along with his 11 siblings (Nadine, Bo, Junior, Olin, Marrell, Pearl, Lonnie, Sandra, Gail, J.P., Harold, and a child who died in infancy). He learned to play guitar at age 5 and quit school by age 12. At age 15, Hart lied about his age to join the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, seeing combat action on Guam and Iwo Jima. Following the war, Hart lived in California where he taught classes in self-defense at the Los Angeles Police Academy. Hart got an early career break when singer Carl Smith covered Hart's song "Loose Talk" in 1955. Other artists who recorded his songs included Patsy Cline ("Lovin' In Vain"), George Jones ("My Tears are Overdue") and Porter Wagoner ("Skid Row Joe"). During the early 1950s, Hart and his family moved to California to further the growing country music scene there. In 1951, he joined Lefty Frizzell's band for a year. It was through Frizzell that Hart got his
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Whistle Bait !
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Early Recordings
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100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
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Top 500 Hits (Countrychina)
Whistle Bait: 25 Rockabilly Rave-Ups
A Sure Thing
Hank Williams' Guitar
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The Best of Freddie Hart
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Ten Best Series The Best Of Freddie Hart
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Rockabilly - The Greatest '50s Collection!
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GACs Top 100 Country Hits & Stars Of The 20th Century
Juke Joint Boogie