Mary Lou Turner (born June 13, 1947) is an American

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artist. She began her career as a regular on the ''

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'' in the early 1970s and in 1974 signed to replace

Jan Howard Jan Howard (born Lula Grace Johnson; March 13, 1929 – March 28, 2020) was an American author and country music singer and songwriter. As a singer, she placed 30 singles on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs, country song ...

as the "girl singer" (who had left to pursue her solo career full-time) on ''The Bill Anderson Show'', both his touring show and syndicated TV series. Between 1976 and 1977 she recorded two duet albums with

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, and charted four duets with him. One of their duets, " Sometimes", reached No. 1 in 1976. Turner also charted two solo Top 40 country singles in 1976, and several more solo singles.

Discography

Albums

Both albums recorded with Bill Anderson.

Solo singles

Duets with Bill Anderson

References

External links

* Mary Lou Turnerat

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