Jeannie C. Riley
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Shelby Singleton...Ray Stevens and Jerry Reed. In 1968 Singleton had an unexpected success when he offered a then-obscure country singer called Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson a song called Harper Valley PTA, about small-town backbiting. The recording was released... In this article: Shelby Singleton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Elvis Presley, Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, Johnny Cash, Mercury Records, Harper Valley PTA, Remington Rand, and Peyton Place |
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New Kerala | October 08, 2009
Music Mogul Shelby Singleton Loses Cancer Battle
...making his name as a top record producer and talent manager. Singleton was responsible for hits such as Jeannie C. Riley's Harper Valley P.T.A. and Leroy Van Dyke's Walk on By. As A and R boss for record label Mercury's Nashville and New...
In this article: Shelby Singleton, Cancer, Mercury, Music Mogul, Nashville, Tennessee, Harper Valley P.T.A., Faron Young, Roger Miller, and Sun Records
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CMT News | October 07, 2009
Famed Record Producer, Label Executive Shelby Singleton Dies at Age 77
...Shelby Singleton Corporation in Nashville. After launching Plantation Records, he produced Riley's recording of "Harper Valley P.T.A.," a pop crossover record that sold more than 8 million copies. In purchasing Sun Records, Singleton...
In this article: Shelby Singleton, Mercury, Sun Records, Nashville, Ray Stevens, Roger Miller, Charlie Rich, and Carl Perkins
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Wikipedia | October 10, 2009
Jeannie C. Riley
...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...
In this article: Harper Valley PTA, Shelby Singleton, Plantation Records, Tom T. Hall, Grammy Award, and Mercury Records
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Wikipedia | October 18, 2009
Sun Records
.... In 2001, Paul McCartney appeared on a tribute compilation album titled ''''. In 1969, Mercury Records label producer Shelby Singleton- noted for producing the Ray Stevens' hit "Ahab The Arab" in 1962, and later Jeannie C. Riley's...
In this article: Sun Records, Sam Phillips, Sun, Memphis, Hound Dog, New York City, Elvis Presley, and Blue Cat Records
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Jeannie C. Riley Similar Artists: Brenda Lee , Bobbie Gentry , Sandy Posey , Jeanne ... Riley's career was stagnant until former Mercury Records producer Shelby ...
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For 23 year-old Jeannie C. Riley, the top of the mountain was reached in August ... ex-wife of Shelby Singleton (previously associated with Mercury Records) ...
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Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson on October 19, 1945) is a country music singer. She is best known for her 1968 Country and Pop hit "Harper Valley PTA". She became the first woman to have a single become a Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time. Following "Harper Valley PTA", she had moderate success on the Country charts, but never duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA".
- Name At Birth:
- Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson
- Birth Date:
- October 19, 1945
- Occupation:
- singer
- Record Label:
- Years Active:
- 1968-Present
- Associated With:
- Connie Smith, Dottie West, Jeannie Seely
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