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- She became the first woman to have a single become a Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time. [2] She had moderate success with Country music, but never duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". Jeannie C. (122)
- Riley is best-known for her 1968 hit, "Harper Valley PTA. " The song made her the first female singer to have a song go to No. 1 on both the country music and pop music charts simultaneously. [2] The record quickly became one of the most well-known country music songs of all time. Written by Tom T. (171)
- As a teenager, she married Mickey Riley and gave birth to a daughter, Kim Michelle Riley on January 11, 1966. [1] Later, they moved to Nashville, Tennessee after receiving a letter from Weldon Myrick, who heard a demo tape of Jeannie's and believed she could be successful. [1] In Nashville, Riley worked as a secretary for Passkey Music while recording demos on the side. (135)
- The song was a phenomenon which led to Riley making country music history in 1969 as the first female vocalist to have her own major network variety special "Harper Valley U. S. A. , which she hosted along with Jerry Reed. [citation needed] Then in 1978 motion picture and the 1981 Harper Valley PTA television show. (137)
- I trust the Lord with everything. edit] Discography [edit] Albums Year Album Chart Positions RIAA US Country US CAN 1968 Sock and Soul — — — — Harper Valley PTA 1 12 5 Gold 1969 Yearbooks and Yesterdays 9 187 — — Things Go Better with Love 14 142 — — 1970 Country Girl 25 — — — Generation Gap 34 — — — 1971 The Girl Most Likely — — — — Greatest Hits 22 — — — Jeannie 34 — — — 1972 Give Myself a Party — — — — Down on Earth 43 — — — 1973 When Love Has Gone Away 40 — — — Just Jeannie — — — — 1977 From Nashville with Love — — — — 1979 Wings to Fly — — — — 1981 From Harper Valley to the Mountain Top — — — — 1984 Total Woman — — — — 1986 Jeannie C. (150)
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- She became the first woman to have a single become a Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time. [2] She had moderate success with Country music, but never duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". Jeannie C. (122)
- Riley is best-known for her 1968 hit, "Harper Valley PTA. " The song made her the first female singer to have a song go to No. 1 on both the country music and pop music charts simultaneously. [2] The record quickly became one of the most well-known country music songs of all time. Written by Tom T. (171)
- As a teenager, she married Mickey Riley and gave birth to a daughter, Kim Michelle Riley on January 11, 1966. [1] Later, they moved to Nashville, Tennessee after receiving a letter from Weldon Myrick, who heard a demo tape of Jeannie's and believed she could be successful. [1] In Nashville, Riley worked as a secretary for Passkey Music while recording demos on the side. (135)
- The song was a phenomenon which led to Riley making country music history in 1969 as the first female vocalist to have her own major network variety special "Harper Valley U. S. A. , which she hosted along with Jerry Reed. [citation needed] Then in 1978 motion picture and the 1981 Harper Valley PTA television show. (137)
- I trust the Lord with everything. edit] Discography [edit] Albums Year Album Chart Positions RIAA US Country US CAN 1968 Sock and Soul — — — — Harper Valley PTA 1 12 5 Gold 1969 Yearbooks and Yesterdays 9 187 — — Things Go Better with Love 14 142 — — 1970 Country Girl 25 — — — Generation Gap 34 — — — 1971 The Girl Most Likely — — — — Greatest Hits 22 — — — Jeannie 34 — — — 1972 Give Myself a Party — — — — Down on Earth 43 — — — 1973 When Love Has Gone Away 40 — — — Just Jeannie — — — — 1977 From Nashville with Love — — — — 1979 Wings to Fly — — — — 1981 From Harper Valley to the Mountain Top — — — — 1984 Total Woman — — — — 1986 Jeannie C. (150)
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- Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson on October 19, 1945)[1] is a country music singer.
- She is best known for her 1968 Country and Pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" (written by Tom T. Hall).
- She became the first woman to have a single become a Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time. [2] She had moderate success with Country music, but never duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". Jeannie C.
- Riley is best-known for her 1968 hit, "Harper Valley PTA. " The song made her the first female singer to have a song go to No. 1 on both the country music and pop music charts simultaneously. [2] The record quickly became one of the most well-known country music songs of all time. Written by Tom T.
- Hall, the song was released by Plantation Records.
- Riley was born in 1945 in Anson, Texas.
- As a teenager, she married Mickey Riley and gave birth to a daughter, Kim Michelle Riley on January 11, 1966. [1] Later, they moved to Nashville, Tennessee after receiving a letter from Weldon Myrick, who heard a demo tape of Jeannie's and believed she could be successful. [1] In Nashville, Riley worked as a secretary for Passkey Music while recording demos on the side.
- Riley's career was stagnant until former Mercury Records producer Shelby Singleton received a demo tape of Riley's voice.
- Singleton was starting and succeeding with his own label, Plantation Records, at the time.
- He worked with Riley in the recording of the Tom T.
- Hall demo song that Singleton saw potential in, "Harper Valley PTA. "Harper Valley PTA" was released in 1968.
- The song immediately became a gigantic hit for Riley and went to number one on both the Billboard Pop and Country charts,[2] a feat not repeated until 1981 when Dolly Parton released "9 to 5".
- The song is about a widowed woman by the name of Mrs.
- Johnson, who confronts a group of members of the PTA after her daughter brings home a note from school that's critical of her (Mrs.
- Johnson's) habits of wearing a mini-skirt, going out with men, and other behavior they don't approve of.
- The climax of the song comes when Mrs.
- Johnson turns the tables on the PTA and exposes their hypocrisy, one member at a time.
- Riley and the song became a much overnight sensation, and the song earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and the Country Music Association Single of the Year award.
- Riley also became one of the very few country artists ever nominated in the major pop Grammy categories of "Best New Artist" and "Record of the Year".
- The song was a phenomenon which led to Riley making country music history in 1969 as the first female vocalist to have her own major network variety special "Harper Valley U. S. A. , which she hosted along with Jerry Reed. [citation needed] Then in 1978 motion picture and the 1981 Harper Valley PTA television show.
- During the late 1960s and into the very early 1970s, Riley ranked among the most popular female vocalists in the country music industry.
- She had five Grammy Award nominations and four Country Music Association nominations, and performed a duet with Loretta Lynn. [1] She had success on the country charts again, but on a lesser scale.
- Other hits following "Harper Valley PTA" include "The Girl Most Likely," "There Never Was A Time," "The Rib," "The Back Side of Dallas," "Country Girl," "Oh Singer," and "Good Enough to Be Your Wife.
- Riley became known as much for her sex appeal and beauty as for her music, foreshadowing Shania Twain and other contemporary female vocalists by nearly three decades.
- At a time when many country queens were wearing gingham dresses, Riley donned mini-skirts and go-go boots.
- Her mod persona opened many doors for country music, but Riley herself was not happy with her image, and she eventually abandoned it for a more conservative wardrobe.
- Riley's great success brought a number of offers from Hollywood, and she appeared with Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Bette Davis, Tom Jones, Ed Sullivan and others on various television programs.
- Riley left Plantation Records for MGM Records in 1972, recording several albums, but only two of her singles from the period, "Good Morning Country Rain" and "Give Myself A Party," cracked the top 30.
- Later stints at Mercury Records and Warner Bros.
- Records produced only a couple of charted singles, but Riley remained highly in demand as a concert artist well into the 1980s.
- In the 1970s, she became a Born Again Christian and began recording gospel music. [5] In 1980, she published her autobiography, "From Harper Valley to the Mountain Top," which told her story of stardom in pop music to moving more into gospel music.
- The following year, she released a new gospel album with the same title.
- In the 1990s, Riley was suffering from clinical depression after her split from Mickey and severing ties with a manager that left her broke. [5] She was bed-ridden for six years and was receiving disability payments as her weight expanded from a size 6 to a size 26. [5] After family intervention and subsequent treatment for the chemical imbalance causing her depression, Riley says "I've never been so happy in all my life.
- I've never had such peace of mind.
- I trust the Lord with everything. edit] Discography [edit] Albums Year Album Chart Positions RIAA US Country US CAN 1968 Sock and Soul — — — — Harper Valley PTA 1 12 5 Gold 1969 Yearbooks and Yesterdays 9 187 — — Things Go Better with Love 14 142 — — 1970 Country Girl 25 — — — Generation Gap 34 — — — 1971 The Girl Most Likely — — — — Greatest Hits 22 — — — Jeannie 34 — — — 1972 Give Myself a Party — — — — Down on Earth 43 — — — 1973 When Love Has Gone Away 40 — — — Just Jeannie — — — — 1977 From Nashville with Love — — — — 1979 Wings to Fly — — — — 1981 From Harper Valley to the Mountain Top — — — — 1984 Total Woman — — — — 1986 Jeannie C.
- Riley — — — — 1991 Here's Jeannie C. a b c Jeannie C. Riley Biography. Retrieved 2008-02-09. a b c Tarradell, Mario.
- Singular sensation: They popped onto the airwaves in a big way, and then they pooped out.
- Dallas Morning News, January 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-09. a b Jeannie C. Riley Harper Valley. Retrieved 2008-02-09. a b c d Murphy, Brien. 'Harper Valley' singer finds strength in faith.
- Abilene Reporter-News, August 12, 2000. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
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