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Songs That Made Country Girls Famous
''Songs That Made Country Girls Famous'' is a studio album by Lynn Anderson released in 1969. The album became Anderson's second top ten LP on '' Billboard's'' Top Country Albums chart, peaking at #9. The eleven song album features covers of major hits in the careers of eleven female country singers, although in several cases the song is not actually the one that made the artist famous. Lynn Anderson herself is included in the eleven, with a remake version of her first charted single "Ride Ride Ride", released only three years prior to this album. No singles were released from the album when it premiered in 1969, however two years later after Anderson had moved on to Columbia Records, Chart would release "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" as a single resulting in a Top 20 record on the Billboard country chart. The cover photograph shows Anderson sitting near her vintage record player with albums by female country album artists before her. Shown are albums by Skeeter ...
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Lynn Anderson
Lynn René Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, " Rose Garden", was a number one hit internationally. She also charted five number one and 18 top-ten singles on the ''Billboard'' country songs chart. Anderson is regarded as one of country music's most significant performers. Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, she was raised in California by her mother, Liz Anderson, who was also a country music artist. Daughter Lynn was signed to a recording contract to Chart Records in 1966 after she was heard singing along with her mother at an industry function. Previously she had recorded some demo tapes of her mother's songs and appeared on television in California on regional country music shows. In 1967, she had her first top ten hit with the single " If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)". Soon after, Anderson joined the cast of '' The Lawrence Welk Show'', where she ...
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You Ain't Woman Enough
''You Ain't Woman Enough'' is the seventh solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on September 12, 1966, by Decca Records. It was Lynn's first No. 1 album on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Albums chart, as well as her first album to chart on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. The album includes five Lynn compositions, one of which was co-written with other songwriters. The album also features cover versions of previous hits by other artists, including Nancy Sinatra's " These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and Dolly Parton's "Put It Off Until Tomorrow". Critical reception '' Cashbox'' published a review in the issue dated September 24, 1966, which said, "With the title tune of this set having recently hit the Number 1 spot on the Country charts, Loretta Lynn should sell heaps of LP’s in a growing country market. The lark offers fans, in addition to the click, top reading of such strong tunes as "These Boots Are Made For Walk ...
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Don't Touch Me
"Don't Touch Me" is a song written by Hank Cochran. It was originally written for and recorded by American country artist Jeannie Seely. The song was released as a single on Monument Records in March 1966 and became a major ''Billboard'' country hit. "Don't Touch Me" became Seely's signature song and her biggest hit as a solo artist. It would later appear on her debut studio album and be re-recorded by Seely in later years. "Don't Touch Me" has been covered by various artists, including country artist Wilma Burgess. Burgess's version was released shortly after Seely's recording. The song became a major hit for Burgess as well, but reached a lower position on the ''Billboard'' country chart than Seely's. Burgess's cover of "Don't Touch" appeared on her studio album of the same name. It was also recorded by American R&B artist Bettye Swann whose version charted on the ''Billboard'' pop and R&B singles charts. "Don't Touch Me" has since been recorded in different musical genres by ...
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Jeannie C
Jeannie may refer to: * Jeannie (given name), a given name and a list of people with the name * Jeannie (''I Dream of Jeannie''), a main character of ''I Dream of Jeannie'' ** ''Jeannie'' (TV series), an animated series based on ''I Dream of Jeannie'' ** "Jeannie", the theme song of ''I Dream of Jeannie'' * ''Jeannie'' (film), a 1941 British film by Harold French * "Jeannie" (song), a 1962 song by Danny Williams * Jeannie River, Queensland, Australia See also * Genie (other) * Jeanie Jeanie is a feminine given name in the English language. People with the given name *Jeanie Buss, president of the Los Angeles Lakers * Jeanie Deans (other) * Jeanie Dicks (1893–1980), led the first permanent electrification of Winchest ...
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Tom T
Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name. Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film * ''Tom'' (2002 film), a documentary film * ''Tom'' (American TV series), 1994 * ''Tom'' (Spanish TV series), 2003 Music * ''Tom'', a 1970 album by Tom Jones * Tom drum, a musical drum with no snares * Tom (Ethiopian instrument), a plucked lamellophone thumb piano * Tune-o-matic, a guitar bridge design Places * Tom, Oklahoma, US * Tom (Amur Oblast), a river in Russia * Tom (river), in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob Science and technology * A male cat * A male wild turkey * Tom (pattern matching language), a programming language * TOM (psychedelic), a hallucinogen * Text Object Model, a Microsoft Windows programming interface * Theory of mind (ToM), in psychology * Translocase of the outer membrane, a complex of proteins Transportation * ''To ...
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Harper Valley P
Harper may refer to: Names * Harper (name), a surname and given name and place names, for example: Harper Islands, Nunavut. Places ;in Canada * Harper Islands, Nunavut *Harper, Prince Edward Island ;In the United States *Harper, former name of Costa Mesa, California in Orange County * Harper, Illinois *Harper, Iowa *Harper, Kansas * Harper, Kentucky * Harper, Missouri * Harper, Logan County, Ohio * Harper, Ross County, Ohio *Harper, Oregon *Harper, Texas * Harper, Utah * Harper, Washington * Harper, Wyoming ;Elsewhere *Harper, Liberia * Harper River in Canterbury, New Zealand *Harper Adams University, Shropshire, United Kingdom. Court cases * ''Harper'' ''v''. ''Virginia Board of Elections'', 383 U.S. 663 (1966), overruling ''Breedlove'' ''v''. ''Suttles'', 302 U.S. 277 (1937) Other uses * Harper, a harp player * ''Harper'' (film), a 1966 film starring Paul Newman and Lauren Bacall * Harper (publisher), an American publishing house, the imprint of global publisher HarperCo ...
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Dottie West
Dottie West (born Dorothy Marie Marsh; October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country singer and songwriter. She also had several credits as an actress. A distinguished figure in the country genre, West was among several people who helped to elevate the platform of female country artists. She was also known for mentoring up-and-coming artists and being the first woman to win a country music accolade from the Grammy Awards. West's exposure to country music in childhood influenced her continued music education at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. After marrying, the family moved to Ohio, where West made her first appearances singing on regional television. Her aspirations to write and record country led to West getting a Starday Records recording contract in 1959. West and her family then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she continued recording and releasing unsuccessful singles for Starday. In 1963, West signed with RCA Victor, where she had first success. He ...
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Here Comes My Baby Back Again
"Here Comes My Baby" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in June 1964 as the first single and title track from the album '' Here Comes My Baby''. West wrote the song with her then-husband Bill. History "Here Comes My Baby" was the first song to be written and made famous by Dottie West. In 1964, Dottie West was trying to make it big in Nashville. She released a single the previous year called "Let Me off at the Corner," which made the Top 40. She also recorded another with Jim Reeves called "Love Is No Excuse," which became a hit after his death in 1964. She had just received a recording contract with RCA Victor and decided that she would write her own song and release it as a Single (music), single. The song was written in one day, according to West, who wrote along with her husband Bill West, and she then recorded it in Nashville. Nobody expected the success the song would bring in 1964. The song made it to number 10 ...
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Bonnie Guitar
Bonnie Buckingham (March 25, 1923 – January 12, 2019), better known as Bonnie Guitar, was an American singer, musician, producer, and businesswoman. She was best known for her 1957 song, " Dark Moon", which was a country-pop crossover hit. She became one of the first female country music singers to have hit songs cross over from the country charts to the pop charts. She co-founded the record company Dolton Records in the late 1950s, that launched the careers of The Fleetwoods and The Ventures. In 1960, she left Dolton and became part owner of Jerden Records. Early life and rise to fame Born in 1923 in Seattle, Washington, United States, to John and Doris Buckingham, Bonnie was initially raised in Redondo Beach along Puget Sound. Later, the family (including her five siblings) moved inland to a farm just outside the rural town of Auburn. She began performing at age 16, having taken up playing the guitar as a teenager, which led to her stage name, Bonnie Guitar. She later star ...
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Ned Miller
Henry Ned Miller (April 12, 1925 – March 18, 2016) was an American country music singer-songwriter. Active as a recording artist from 1956 to 1970, he is known primarily for his hit single "From a Jack to a King", a Crossover (music), crossover hit in 1962 which reached Top 40, Top 10 on the country music, adult contemporary, and Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 record chart, charts, No. 1 for 5 weeks in CHUM Chart, Canada, as well as reaching No.2 in the UK charts. He had several more chart singles in his career, although none matched the success of "From a Jack to a King". He also composed and recorded "Invisible Tears". Biography Miller's start as a songwriter came when he was sixteen years old.[ allmusic ((( Ned Miller > Biography )))] He later joined the United States Marine Corps, from which he was later discharged. In 1956, both Gale Storm and Bonnie Guitar had Top Five hits with different versions of the song "Dark Moon (song), Dark Moon", which Miller co-wrote. ...
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Dark Moon (song)
"Dark Moon" is a song written by Ned Miller, which was popularized in several different musical formats after its composition. The more popular versions of the song were recorded by Bonnie Guitar and Gale Storm. Bonnie Guitar version The original version of "Dark Moon" was recorded by American country music artist Bonnie Guitar in 1957. Guitar's producer, Fabor Robison, originally intended for rock and roll singer Dorsey Burnette to record the song, but was dissatisfied with the finished product. Instead, Guitar offered to record "Dark Moon", giving up her royalties to record the song, stating "I told him I’d give up my royalties to be able to record that song. I knew in my mind, as little as I knew, that that was a hit song. I just knew it. So, we went right in the studio and started working on it, and I played the lead guitar and everything." Ned Miller himself played the guitar in this recording. The single version was leased on Dot Records and issued in March 1957. "Dark M ...
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Liz Anderson
Elizabeth Jane Anderson (née Haaby; January 13, 1927 – October 31, 2011) was an American country music singer-songwriter who was one in a wave of new-generation female vocalists in the genre during the 1960s to write and record her own songs on a regular basis. Writing in ''The New York Times'', Bill Friskics-Warren noted, "Like her contemporary Loretta Lynn, Ms. Anderson gave voice to female survivors; inhabiting their struggles in a soprano at times alluring, at times sassy." Anderson received two Grammy Award nominations in 1967, one for " Best Female Country Vocal Performance" for her self-penned, top-five hit " Mama Spank", and the other for "Best Country Vocal Group" for the top-five hit "The Game of Triangles", with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean. As a songwriter, she scored 26 top-50 hits in the 1960s, more than any other female songwriter that decade in the country music industry. Anderson also wrote many of the early hits for her daughter, Lynn Anderson, whose reco ...
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