Loading details…
Artist
Gene Watson
12+ albums
countryclassic countryGene WatsonHonky Tonkcountry gold
about
Gene Watson (born October 11, 1943) is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon" and his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind." [edit] Biography Watson was born in Palestine, Texas, in 1943 and began his music career in the early 1970s, performing in local clubs at night while working in a Houston auto body shop during the day. He only recorded for a few small, regional record labels until 1974, when Capitol Records picked up his album Love in the Hot Afternoon and released it nationally. The title track, a mid-tempo ballad in 3/4 time, was released in June 1975 and it quickly reached Number 3 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart. Watson's national success continued throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, as he recorded several Billboard top-40 hits, including "Where Love Begins," "Paper Rosie," "Should I Go Home (or Should I Go Crazy)," "Nothing Sure Looked Good on You." and "Farewell Party" which was released in 1979 and quickly became Watson's signature song and soon allowed Watson to name his band after the tragic ballad. In 1982, after switching to the MCA label, he recorded the only number-one hit of his career, "Fourteen Carat Mind." He followed up with several more hits in the early 1980s, including "Speak Softly (You're Talking to My Heart)," "You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without" and "Got No Reason Now for Going Home." By the mid-1980s, he was recording for Epic Records, where his most notable h
top songs
1
Fourteen Carat Mind
20,9872Farewell Party
9,7333Love In The Hot Afternoon
7,9274Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)
5,8345Pick The Wildwood Flower
5,2186Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go
5,0577I Never Go Around Mirrors
5,0018NO TRASH IN MY TRAILOR
4,5179Got No Reason Now for Goin' Home
4,42710Sometimes I Get Lucky And Forget
3,772
