Break It To Me Gently

Juice Newton

About Break It To Me Gently

"Break It to Me Gently" is a pop song written by blues musician Joe Seneca with lyrics by Diane Lampert. Both Brenda Lee and Juice Newton met with considerable success with their versions of the song. Brenda Lee recorded "Break It to Me Gently" on August 31, 1961 with Owen Bradley producing the session at his Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville: after another track from the same session, "Fool #1", had become a Top Ten hit. "Break It To Me Gently" was released as a single at the end of 1961 and reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 1962. In 2008, the Brenda Lee version of the song was featured at the closing of season 2, episode 7 of the AMC series Mad Men. Lee's "Break It to Me Gently" is on the track list of the CD Pan Am: Music From and Inspired By the Original Series set for release January 17, 2012.  


Year:
2010
4:00
34 
#1

Lyrics currently unavailable…


Juice Newton

Judy Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter and guitarist. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as an ACM Award for Top New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards (won consecutively). She has several Gold and Platinum records to her credit, including Juice, Quiet Lies and her first Greatest Hits album. During the 1980s, Newton charted 14 Top-10 hits across the Billboard Country, AC, and Hot 100 charts, with many of the recordings achieving crossover success and six of the songs hitting the No. 1 position.[citation needed] more »

2 fans

Discuss the Break It To Me Gently Lyrics with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add these lyrics to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Break It To Me Gently Lyrics." Lyrics.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/22834542/Juice+Newton/Break+It+To+Me+Gently>.

    Missing lyrics by Juice Newton?

    Know any other songs by Juice Newton? Don't keep it to yourself!

    Watch the song video

    Break It To Me Gently

    642.4K
    3,320     117

    Top Hot 100 Songs 1982

    Billboard #11


    Browse Lyrics.com

    Quiz

    Are you a music master?

    »
    What inspired the name of the band “21 Pilots”?
    A The play “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller
    B The Pilot Pen
    C The book “Ask the Pilot” by Patrick Smith
    D The play “21 Pilots” by Edward Albee

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant explanation for any lyrics that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Juice Newton tracks

    On Radio Right Now

    Loading...

    Powered by OnRad.io


    Think you know music? Test your MusicIQ here!

    Movies soundtrack

    Break It To Me Gently

    »