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Leonard Raymond Sipes [1] (September 28, 1930 [1] – March 14, 2000), [2] better known as Tommy Collins, was an American country music singer and songwriter. [1] Active primarily during the 1950s through the 1970s, Collins was instrumental in helping create the Bakersfield sound of the country music genre. He enjoyed a string of hits during ...
A nostalgic country song by Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in 1976 as the title track of their album. It was their twenty-third number one hit and also the B-side of "The Way It Was In '51".
"Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" (1955) " If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') " is a song written by Tommy Collins and originally recorded by country music artist Faron Young .
A music video was also made for the song. "Leonard" is Haggard's tribute to his friend and mentor Tommy Collins . Haggard had been recording songs written by Collins throughout his career, beginning with the novelty "Sam Hill" in 1964 and scoring a #1 single with " Carolyn " in 1971.
[3] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "But despite its mawkish moments—especially Tommy Collins's dead-mommy song—the material defines Haggard's sensibility in a winning way, and since not one of the songs is great in itself I guess the commentary must do it." [4]
The most famous version was performed by country music singer Jim Reeves, who styled the song in his favoured style of Nashville Sound.Reeves' version was included on his 1962 album A Touch of Velvet and was released as a single in the United States in early 1964, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the spring of that year.
The album includes Haggard's last #1 hit of the decade, "Cherokee Maiden," a song written by Cindy Walker.It spent 11 weeks on the charts, reaching #1. [1] The Tommy Collins-written title track had also gone to #1, Haggard's ninth consecutive chart topper stretching back to 1973 and twenty-third number one overall.
Sings Tommy Collins is an album by Buck Owens, released in 1963. It reached number one on the Billboard Country Albums charts. It was re-issued on CD in 1997 by Sundazed Records .