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 01. "Harper Valley P.T.A." 02. "Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil" 03. "The Girl Most Likely" 04. "The Little Town Square" 05. "The Back Side of Dallas" 06. "Things Go Better with Love" 07. "Country Girl" 08. "Duty Not Desire" 09. "Good Enough to Be Your Wife" 10. "Oh Singer" 11. "Darling Days" 12. "Roses and Thorns" 13. "I Almost Called Your Name" 14. "Satan Place" 15. "Light Your Light (And Let It Shine)" 16. "Am I That Easy to Forget" 17. "In a Moment of Weakness" 18. "The Tree of Joy" 19. "Teardrops on Page 43" 20. "The Cotton Patch" 21. "Shed Me No Tears" 22. "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" 23. "One Toke Over the Line" 24. "The Street Singer" 25. "I'll Take What's Left of You" 26. "No Brass Band" 27. "That's a No No" 28. "We Were Raised on Love" 29. "Yesterday, All Day Long Today"
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| | Description: | Jeannie C. Riley was born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson in 1945 in Stamford, Texas. Her childhood was lonely but
competitive, and focused on singing ?? at first into her hairbrush, then on the local Jones County Jamboree.
She moved to Nashville in 1966 with her husband and a six month old daughter, Kim. She was turned down by
Monument and Capitol and messed around by undelivered promises from other labels. Her 1981 autobiography called
out the casting couch processes in Nashville years before ??Me Too? came along. Johnny Cash wrote the introduction:
??She was a diamond in the rough... Her story is a textbook example of what many girls have come through in order to
??make it?? in the Nashville music community.?
In 1968 she was heard by producer Shelby Singleton. His vision saw how her voice and personality could bring alive a
story song by Tom T. Hall about a woman calling out the various small town hypocrites who were criticising her. He saw
Harper Valley P.T.A. as a hit single, an album, a movie and a TV series - all of which came to pass.
When Jeannie recorded Harper Valley, she said: ?There wasn??t a sound as the last echoes of the guitars faded. Then I
heard one of the musicians say, ??Great God A??mighty??.? Everyone in the room was now hearing what Shelby had
envisioned. Legend has it that half the music people in Nashville came in to hear the playbacks.
Within a month, her song was number one on the national Hot 100 chart, and number one country, and she was on TV
for American Bandstand and the Bing Crosby Show. Soon she was awarded the CMA Song Of The Year and nominated
as the Best Female Performer at the Grammies. She was earning 30 grand in Vegas and had her picture made with
Elvis Presley. HE came to see HER.
From 1969 onwards she formed a band and had a tour bus. She said, ??I was virtually living on my bus,? as husband
Mickey Riley drove her entourage down the honky tonk highway.
Even though the highway took her first to the top of the pop charts, to national and international TV, and to Vegas, she
was still as country as they come. She said, ??I took every engagement that came along ?? state fairs, concerts, night
clubs, dinner clubs, and joints.? - .. HIGHWAY WITH / TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVILThe first in Bear Family Records' new series of hard-hitting country music from artists who travelled the Honky Tonk Highway in the 1960s and '70s. This CD displays the full range of the astonishing recordings Jeannie C. Riley made for Plantation Records between 1968 and 1971, a time when her songs told the truth and shamed the devil. Jeannie had 24 country hits and 6 pop hits, including her international smash Harper Valley P.T. A. - the only song by a female country singer to top both the country and pop charts until Dolly Parton went pop 13 years later. She also had 9 charted albums. Jeannie was an excellent singer, the real deal, whose authentic Texas honky tonk twang came together with an ability to put across a song to wider audience. Standout songs from the finest country writers include Tell The Truth, The Girl Most Likely, The Back Side Of Dallas, Oh Singer, Country Girl, Roses And Thorns, The Street Singer, In A Moment Of Weakness, and... Harper Valley P.T.A. The accompanying booklet by Martin Hawkins tells the fascinating story of young Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson complete with original interviews and rare photographs. Jeannie C. Riley was born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson in 1945 in Stamford, Texas. Her childhood was lonely but competitive, and focused on singing - at first into her hairbrush, then on the local Jones County Jamboree. She moved to Nashville in 1966 with her husband and a six month old daughter, Kim. She was turned down by Monument and Capitol and messed around by undelivered promises from other labels. Her 1981 autobiography called out the casting couch processes in Nashville years before "Me Too" came along. Johnny Cash wrote the introduction: "She was a diamond in the rough... Her story is a textbook example of what many girls have come through in order to 'make it' in the Nashville music community." 1-CD (Digipak) with 48-page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 75 min.. - Jeannie had 24 country hits and 6 pop hits.This compilation: 2022 Bear Family Productions Ltd. | | | No. of tracks: |
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