Connie Eaton (March 1, 1950 – September 30, 1999) was a

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singer. Eaton was a native of

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and began her recording career as a teenager in the late 1960s, recording for

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. Chart was the label that established

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as a major country singer and Eaton was considered by the country music press as the label's "next" Anderson. Prior to beginning her recording career, Eaton had been a runnerup in a "Miss Nashville" beauty contest. Her first record, "Too Many Dollars, Not Enough Sense", a

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song, was released in 1968. Eaton had a top 40 country hit with a cover of

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's pop record

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in 1970 which earned her a ''

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'' "Most Promising Female Vocalist" nomination but this proved to be Eaton's only hit record during her years on the Chart label although a duet with Dave Peel, a cover of

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' "Hit the Road Jack" came within a few spots of cracking the Top 40 also in 1970. Eaton released three albums and numerous singles for Chart Records and later recorded for on a few minor labels. In 1975, she returned to the major labels with an

ABC Records ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the Impulse! jazz label in 1960. It acquired many labels bef ...

contract and had her biggest hit, "Lonely Men, Lonely Women", which peaked at No. 23. Her album for ABC, however, did not chart and the follow-up singles were not successful. By the late 1970s, Eaton was out of the music industry. She died from cancer in 1999 at age 49. Connie Eaton's daughter

Cortney Tidwell Cortney Tidwell is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Personal life Cortney Lara Tidwell was born on December 2, 1972, in Nashville, Tennessee to country singer Connie Eaton and Cliff Williamson, music producer at A&R. He ...

is a recording artist in her own right.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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Connie Eaton
at Chart Records {{DEFAULTSORT:Eaton, Connie 1950 births 1999 deaths American women country singers American country singer-songwriters Singers from Nashville, Tennessee 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers Country musicians from Tennessee Singer-songwriters from Tennessee