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A Woman's Hand (album)
''A Woman's Hand'' is a studio album by American country singer Jean Shepard. It was released in September 1970 by Capitol Records and was her sixteenth studio album. The collection of ten tracks featured a series of cover tunes by male country artists. Some of the songs were new material. Among them were its three singles: "Then He Touched Me", " I Want You Free" and the title track. Of the three, "Then He Touched Me" was its highest-charting, reaching the top ten on the US country chart. ''A Woman's Hand'' was reviewed positively by both ''Billboard'' and ''Cash Box'' magazines. Background, recording and content Jean Shepard was one of the first female country artists to find commercial success as solo act. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Shepard continuously made the country music popularity charts. In the late sixties, Shepard made the transition from working with Kelso Herston to aspiring record producer Larry Butler. Under his production, Shepard reached the top 20 with 1969's ...
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Jean Shepard
Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016), was an American country singer who was considered one of the genre's first significant female artists. Her commercial success ran from the 1950s to the 1970s while also being a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 60 years. Shepard was born in Oklahoma and raised in California with her nine siblings. Having a musical upbringing, she formed an all-female country-music band, The Melody Ranch Girls. She was heard by country artist Hank Thompson, who helped her get her first recording contract at age 18 with Capitol Records. Her second single, " A Dear John Letter" with Ferlin Husky, topped the country charts in 1953. In 1955, she had her first solo single top-10 successes with " A Satisfied Mind", " I Thought of You", and " Beautiful Lies". During this period she was among the first female country performers to headline shows and consistently be played on country music radio. In 1963, Shepard's husband Hawksha ...
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Bill Anderson
James William Anderson III (born November 1, 1937) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television host. His soft-spoken singing voice earned him the nickname "Whispering Bill" from music critics and writers. As a songwriter, his compositions have been covered by various music artists since the late 1950s. Anderson was raised in Decatur, Georgia, and began composing songs while in high school. While in college, he wrote the song "City Lights", which became a major hit for Ray Price in 1958. His songwriting led to his first recording contract with Decca Records that year; shortly afterward, Anderson began to have major hits. In 1963, he released his most successful single, "Still". The song became a major country/pop crossover hit and was followed by a series of top-10 hits. These songs included " I Love You Drops", " I Get the Fever", and " Wild Week-End". His songs were being notably recorded by other artists. In 1964, Connie Smith had her first major hit with ...
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I Love You More Today
"I Love You More Today" is a song written by L. E. White, and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty Harold Lloyd Jenkins (September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993), better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as a country music performer. .... It was released in April 1969 as the first single and title track from the album ''I Love You More Today''. The song was Twitty's second number one on the country charts. The single spent a single week at the top and a total of 15 weeks on the country chart. Chart performance References 1969 singles 1969 songs Conway Twitty songs Songs written by L. E. White Song recordings produced by Owen Bradley Decca Records singles {{1960s-country-song-stub ...
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Nancy Apple
Nancy Apple, professionally known as the "Cadillac Cowgirl", is an American musician, songwriter, producer, radio personality, former NARAS executive, and owner of the independent record label Ringo Records. She is based in Memphis, Tennessee, and started her career in the 1980s. She has collaborated in songwriting with Keith Sykes and other professionals in Memphis, Nashville, Tennessee, and Austin, Texas Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and W .... Her first album, ''Outside the Lines'' was released in 2001. References *https://wreg.com/news/pass-it-on/cadillac-cowgirl-helping-those-in-need/ *https://americanahighways.org/2023/07/22/show-review-woodyfest-2023-part-2/ *https://www.allmusic.com/album/outside-the-lines-mw0000116587 *https://www.allmusic.com/album/river-ro ...
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Curly Putman
Claude "Curly" Putman Jr. (November 20, 1930 – October 30, 2016) was an American songwriter. Born in Princeton, Alabama, his greatest success was "Green, Green Grass of Home" (1964, sung by Porter Wagoner), which was covered by Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Johnny Paycheck, Burl Ives, Johnny Darrell, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Roberto Leal (singer), Roberto Leal, Dean Martin, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Bobby Bare, Joe Tex, Nana Mouskouri, Charley Pride, and Tom Jones (singer), Tom Jones. Among other songs he wrote were "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "He Stopped Loving Her Today". Biography Putman was the son of a sawmill worker. He joined the Navy and spent four years on the aircraft carrier . He married Bernice Soon in 1956. Putman penned his first hit, "Green, Green Grass of Home", when working in Nashville plugging songs for Tree Records. Death Putman died of congestive heart failure and kidney failure at hi ...
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Don Robertson (songwriter)
Donald Irwin Robertson (December 5, 1922 – March 16, 2015) was an American songwriter and pianist, in country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 10 with " The Happy Whistler" in 1956 (peaking at No. 6). The track reached No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart the same year. It sold more than one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. After contracted to Capitol at the time of his biggest selling hit single, Robertson then signed a recording contract with RCA Victor. He composed and co-composed with Hal Blair ''(né'' Harold Keller Brown, 1915–2001), as well as many hits for other musicians, including Elvis Presley, who recorded five of which for Presley's films. Having resided in Lake Sherwood, California for 55 years, he died in 2015. Best known published songs *" Anything That's Part of You" (performed by Elvis Presley) *" Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" (with Doris Clement and Jo ...
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Born To Be With You (song)
"Born to Be with You" is a song by the American female vocal quartet The Chordettes. Written by Don Robertson, the song was released in 1956. The song reached a position of number five on the pop charts in the United States. In Ireland, Butch Moore & The Capitol Showband took it to No. 1 in 1965. Background In the Chordettes version, because of the short verses, the Chordettes hum two choruses in-between the verses, while in the second humming chorus, a whistling of composer Don Robertson, is heard playing a counterpoint melody. Several disc jockeys wrongly fade the song out when the bass guitar plays a rumba rhythm that seems to fade out, however, following a brief pause, the Chordettes sing a harmonic variation Capella of the word "AMEN". Cover versions * Don Robertson also recorded this song in 1965. *In 1968, Sonny James recorded a version of the song which reached number one on the country charts. * J.D. Crowe recorded the song on his 1978 release Blackjack. It is a bluegra ...
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Jan Crutchfield
Jan Crutchfield (February 26, 1938 – October 30, 2012) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for writing " Statue of a Fool", which was first recorded in 1969 by Jack Greene and was a No. 1 hit on the Hot Country Songs charts for him. Versions of the song by Brian Collins and Ricky Van Shelton also charted in the top 10. Other notable compositions written by Crutchfield include " Tear Time" by Dave & Sugar and several singles by Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood (born October 27, 1942) is an American country music singer. Active since 1962, he won a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award and he has charted 33 singles on the Hot Country Songs with seven singles reaching the number one. He has ..., including " She's Lying", " It Turns Me Inside Out", and " Going, Going, Gone". Crutchfield died on October 30, 2012. His brother, Jerry Crutchfield, was a record producer who also worked with Greenwood. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT ...
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Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data along with digital sales and streaming. The current number-one song on the chart as of May 31, 2025, is " What I Want" by Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae. History ''Billboard'' began compiling the popularity of country songs with its January 8, 1944, issue. Only the genre's most popular jukebox selections were tabulated, with the chart titled "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". For approximately ten years, from 1948 to 1958, ''Billboard'' used three charts to measure the popularity of a given song. In addition to the jukebox chart, these charts included: * The "best sellers" chart – started 15 May 1948, as "Best Selling Retail Folk Records". * An airplay chart – started 10 December 1949, as "Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys". The juke b ...
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Gramophone Record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English) or a vinyl record (for later varieties only) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the outside edge and ends near the center of the disc. The stored sound information is made audible by playing the record on a phonograph (or "gramophone", "turntable", or "record player"). Records have been produced in different formats with playing times ranging from a few minutes to around 30 minutes per side. For about half a century, the discs were commonly made from shellac and these records typically ran at a rotational speed of 78 rpm, giving it the nickname "78s" ("seventy-eights"). After the 1940s, "vinyl" records made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) became standard replacing the old 78s and remain so to this day; they have since been produced in various sizes and speeds, most commonly 7-inch discs pla ...
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Norro Wilson
Norris Denton "Norro" Wilson (April 4, 1938 – June 8, 2017) was an American country music singer-songwriter, producer, and member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Wilson wrote or co-wrote numerous hit songs during more than 40 years in the industry, including songs for David Houston, Jean Shepard, Charlie Rich, Charley Pride, George Jones, and Tammy Wynette, among many others. He also produced or co-produced songs for dozens of artists, including early Reba McEntire, Joe Stampley, Margo Smith, Sara Evans, Kenny Chesney, and Shania Twain. Earlier in his career, Wilson also charted ten singles on the ''Billboard magazine'' Hot Country Songs chart. The biggest of his three Top 40 hits was "Do It to Someone You Love" (written by Tom T. Hall) which reached No. 20 in 1970. He also recorded two songs, "Hey, Mister!" and "Mama McClusky", that were the basis for Charlie Rich's 1973 number one song, "The Most Beautiful Girl". He died on June 8, 2017, in Nashville fro ...
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George Richey
George Richey (born George Baker Richardson; November 30, 1935 – July 31, 2010) was an American songwriter and record producer. He was born in Arkansas, but raised in Malden, Missouri. Career Richey was a mainstay of the Nashville country music community since the 1960s through his songwriting and record production. In the 1970s, he co-wrote " Keep Me in Mind," a No. 1 country hit for Lynn Anderson in 1973. He also co-wrote hits for future wife Tammy Wynette and Wynette's then-husband, George Jones, including Jones's " A Picture of Me (Without You)" and "The Grand Tour," and Wynette's " 'Til I Can Make It On My Own" and " You and Me", among many other artists. Richey served as a session musician for recordings by Marty Robbins, Ringo Starr and Lefty Frizzell. Richey served as the musical director for the television show ''Hee Haw'' from 1970 to 1977. While married to Wynette, he was her full-time manager, producer and songwriter. Following her death in 1998, he largely retrea ...
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