Joni Lee Ryles (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Jenkins; born July 2, 1957) is an American

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singer. The daughter of

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. ...

, she recorded several singles as Joni Penn. Her most successful solo single was "I'm Sorry Charlie", which peaked at number 16 on

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. The song was included on a self-titled album for

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in 1976. Lee also sang with her father on " Touch the Hand" and " Don't Cry Joni" on his album ''The High Priest of Country Music'', but she was not credited on the charts for either. Ryles is married to country singer and session vocalist

John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles (born December 2, 1950) is an American country music artist. Ryles recorded a string of hit country songs, beginning in 1968 when he was still a teenager, and continuing through the 1980s. He no longer records as a headline art ...

Discography

Albums

Singles

Guest singles (uncredited)

References

External links

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Entry at 45cat.com

Entry with Conway at 45cat.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Joni 1957 births American country singer-songwriters American women country singers Country musicians from Arkansas Living people Place of birth missing (living people) MCA Records artists Singer-songwriters from Arkansas 21st-century American women