Johnny and Jonie Mosby was an American husband-and-wife

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vocal duo. They placed seventeen singles on the country music charts between 1963 and 1973, and released six albums for various labels. Five of the duo's singles made top 20 on the

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charts, with the highest peaks being "Trouble in My Arms" and "Just Hold My Hand", both at number twelve.

Biography

John Robert "Johnny" Mosby (born in

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; April 26, 1929 – February 19, 2018) and Janice Irene "Jonie" Shields (born in

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on August 10, 1940) met in California when she auditioned for his orchestra. They married in 1958. They started recording for Challenge records that same year. In 1959, they made the first recording of "Tijuana Jail". Signed to

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, the duo released its debut single, "Don't Call Me from a Honky Tonk", in 1963. It went to number thirteen on the country music charts and was followed by another Top 20 hit, the number twelve "Trouble in My Arms". By 1965, the duo released ''Mr. and Mrs. Country Music'' through Columbia, followed by ''The New Sweethearts of Country'' on the Starday Records label. From 1967 to 1972, the Mosbys recorded for

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, reaching top 20 again with "Just Hold My Hand" and "I'm Leavin' It Up to You" at numbers twelve and eighteen. In the same timespan, the duo recorded several albums for the label. In 1971, Jonie released a solo single, "I've Been There", which peaked at number 72 on the country charts. They filed for divorce in 1973. In 1992 at age 52, Jonie Mosby became the oldest woman to have a baby through

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as she gave birth to a son Morgan Bradford Mitchell by second husband, Donald Mitchell. Johnny Mosby died on February 19, 2018, at age 88.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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to "Trouble in My Arms". *B ^ Peaked at No. 21 on ''

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References

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