Loving Her Was Easier (than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)

"Loving Her Was Easier" was written and recorded by Kris Kristofferson in 1971. It was also released by Roger Miller the same year, which surprised me to learn because it is far more serious than was his usual stuff in those days. Tompall and the Glaser Brothers released it on an album in the '70s and as a single in 1981. Cover and duets abound.

Music begins at 0:45, but Johnny Cash's intro is worth listening to:

I am pretty sure Dyan Cannon did her own vocals in Honeysuckle Rose:

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See if you can watch this without tearing up a little:

 

Comments

[Richard Zitrin]

This week's post had me doing a deep dive into the singing of one of my favorites, Jose Feliciano. I’ve always been a sucker for unique sounds, and he’s one. I was the only one in my cohort to prefer his version of Light My Fire to the Doors’.

Further diving got me to his Star Spangled Banner, famed for his stylized version. It didn’t sound so radical to me now, but apparently it was the first instance of what’s now become popular – singing the anthem “my way.” Here’s Chet Huntley presenting it, thankfully neutrally, on NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqeKELBdio. Feliciano sang it again before a playoff game in San Francisco 44 years later, where he was introduced to applause as the first to stylize the song. And, I might add, improve on it.

[Steve L.]

Sorry about the delay, Richard. The link in your comment caused it to get stuck in the spam folder.

Feliciano sang the Star Spangled Banner at a 1968 World Series game between St. Louis and Detroit, which caused a great uproar; something on the order of Colin Kaepernick kneeling or Tommy Smith and John Carlos raising their fists at the 1968 Olympics.