Am I That Easy to Forget

"Am I That Easy to Forget" is the title of a popular song written by country music singer Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson and published in 1958. Belew recorded his song in Nashville on December 17, 1958 and released the single in March 1959, where it made the Top 10 on the U.S. country music chart, peaking at #9. Other country music artists who have recorded cover versions of the song include: Skeeter Davis (#11 country, 1960); Gene Vincent (1966); George Jones (1967); Patti Page (1968); Jim Reeves (#12 country, 1973); and Prairie Oyster (1991).

In 1960, singer and actress Debbie Reynolds recorded a version of "Am I That Easy to Forget" that reached #25 on the U.S. pop chart. The highest charting version of the song on the U.S. pop chart was recorded by the singer Englebert Humperdinck on August 11, 1967. Released as a single from his album The Last Waltz, "Am I That Easy to Forget" reached #18 on the Hot 100 chart in early 1968; however, it went to #1 on the adult contemporary chart. Humperdinck's version was also a big hit in England, where it spent two weeks at #3 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as in Ireland, where it spent three weeks at #1 on the Irish Singles Chart.

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