Stephanie Winslow (born August 27, 1956 in

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) is an American

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artist. In the late 70s and 80s, she had a series of hit singles on the ''Billboard'' country music chart.

Career

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Winslow recorded for

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. Briefly married to her record producer, Ray Ruff, in 1979 she had her biggest hit single with " Say You Love Me," a cover of a Fleetwood Mac single from 1976 which reached #10 on the ''Billboard'' country chart in late 1979. In 1980 her cover version of

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's "

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," became Winslow's second major hit single, peaking at #14." She had two singles released on the

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label in 1983, they were "Nobody Else For Me" bw "Another Night" and "A: Kiss Me Darling" by "Another Night". She had a series of minor hits on the ''Billboard'' country chart under Warner Bros., and eventually signed with

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. Her final single with the label, in 1984, was a cover of " Baby, Come to Me."

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

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* 1956 births Living people American women country singers American country singer-songwriters People from Yankton, South Dakota Curb Records artists Oak Records artists MCA Records artists Warner Records artists 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from South Dakota {{US-country-musician-stub