There are many reasons that songs are important. There are the obvious ones, and ones not so obvious. Earl Thomas Conley in the 80's was rattling off a long list of number one songs, and that's where this song comes into play. Sometimes in addition to being great, it's just being in the right place at the right time. This was ETC's 6th number one overall. This is from his remarkable Don't Make It Easy For Me album. When this song went number one, it made MUSIC HISTORY. It became the fourth number one song from a studio album. That had never been done before in recorded music history, from any genre - Not Elvis, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, The Eagles, Alabama, George Strait, The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, not ANYONE. The three other number ones from this album should be mentioned too. Your Loves On The Line, Holding Her, And Loving You (Grammy nominated) and Don't Make It Easy For Me, put this song in a place to make history and it did. This is a great and innovative song for 1984. This caused a buzz in the music biz and got a lot of pub. Casey Kasem, others all talked about it extensively on the countdown shows. In fairness, the feat has been done since, and has been surpassed with 5. But it was quite an honor, and that honor will always belong to Earl Thomas Conley. It was also big for Country Music at the time, as any mainstream pub was rare in those days. Oh, and by the way, his 18 number ones led the 1980's. - for anyone. (Read the comments as you play these videos) - It's probably time to put him in the Hall Of Fame.
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