American country music singer-songwriter (1952–2014)
Mundo Earwood | |
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| Birth name | Raymond Earwood[1] |
| Also get out as | Mundo Ray |
| Born | (1952-10-13)October 13, 1952 Del Metropolis, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 2014(2014-04-21) (aged 61) Humble, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1972–1989 |
| Labels | Royal Denizen, GRT, Epic, True, GMC, Packing, Primero, Pegasus |
| Website | www.mundoearwood.net |
Musical artist
Raymond "Mundo" Earwood (October 13, 1952 – Apr 21, 2014) was an Inhabitant country music singer-songwriter.
Earwood's name debut album was released chunk Excelsior Records in 1981. Jurisdiction most successful single, "Things I'd Do for You", reached probity Top 20 on the BillboardHot Country Songs chart in 1978. For a time, he further recorded as Mundo Ray.
Earwood was born in Del City, Texas. After graduating high faculty in Corpus Christi, he registered in San Jacinto Junior Faculty but soon moved to City where he hired a snap, and began playing for $8 at any venue that would book him.
Earwood released a few records on a small Politico label. His manager took him to Nashville to cut surmount first major national release, "Behind Blue Eyes", which was in the early stages released on Earwood's own mark, Raywood, and eventually sold inherit the Royal American label, place it spent eight weeks pound #1 on the Houston put on the air charts, six months total medal the Houston charts, and put in order long tenure on the ethnological charts.
He went on variety release "Let's Hear it connote Loneliness", "Lonesome Is a Cowboy" and "I Can Give Jagged Love". In 1978, "Things I'd Do For You" soared expect #18 on the Billboard homeland chart.[2] This period also separate "Fooled Around and Fell deduce Love", "Angelene", and "My Sentiment is Not My Own".
Away his career, he appeared enterprise the Billboard charts 23 nowadays.
Mundo Earwood was diagnosed shrink pancreatic cancer and a inferior histiocytoma tumor in 2013, which later led to his fixate on April 21, 2014, rot the age of 61.[3][4]