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Mary Lou Turner (born June 13, 1947) is an American
country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
artist. She began her career as a regular on the ''
Wheeling Jamboree The ''Wheeling Jamboree'' is the second-oldest country music radio broadcast in the United States after the ''Grand Ole Opry''. The Jamboree originated in 1933 in Wheeling, West Virginia on WWVA, the first radio station in West Virginia and a 5 ...
'' 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
Bill Anderson James William Anderson III (born November 1, 1937) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television host. His soft-spoken singing voice earned him the nickname "Whispering Bill" from music critics and writers. As a songwriter, hi ...
, 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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