Birth name Raymond Earwood Years active 1972–1989 Instruments Vocals, guitar | Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Role Singer-songwriter Also known as Mundo Ray Name Mundo Earwood | |
Born October 13, 1952Del Rio, Texas, U.S. ( 1952-10-13 ) Labels Royal American, GRT, Epic, True, GMC, Excelsior, Primero, Pegasus Died April 21, 2014, Humble, Texas, United States | ||
Mundo earwood my heart is not my own
Raymond "Mundo" Earwood (October 13, 1952 – April 21, 2014) was an American country music singer-songwriter. Earwood's eponymous debut album was released by Excelsior Records in 1981. His most successful single, "Things I'd Do for You", reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1978. For a time, he also recorded as Mundo Ray.
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- Mundo earwood my heart is not my own
- Mundo earwood fooled around and fell in love
- Biography
- Singles
- References
Mundo earwood fooled around and fell in love
Biography
Earwood was born in Del Rio, Texas. After graduating high school in Corpus Christi, he enrolled in San Jacinto Junior College but soon moved to Houston where he hired a band, and began playing for $8 at any venue that would book him. Earwood released several records on a small Houston label. His manager took him to Nashville to cut his first major national release, "Behind Blue Eyes", which was initially released on Earwood's own label, Raywood, and eventually sold to the Royal American label, where it spent eight weeks at #1 on the Houston radio charts, six months total on the Houston charts, and a long tenure on the national charts.
He went on to release "Let's Hear it for Loneliness", "Lonesome Is a Cowboy" and "I Can Give You Love". In 1978, "Things I'd Do For You" soared to #18 on the Billboard country chart. This period also produced "Fooled Around and Fell in Love", "Angelene", and "My Heart is Not My Own". During his career, he appeared on the Billboard charts 23 times.
Mundo Earwood was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and a fibrous histiocytoma tumor in 2013, which led to his death at the age of 61.