Jeannie c riley today
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Country singer Jeannie C. Riley, was born as Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson on October 19, 1945 in rural Anson, Texas. Her father was an automobile mechanic and her mother was a nurse. Jeannie fell in love with country music while growing up in Texas and made her public debut as a teenager on her guitarist uncle Johnny Moore's local jamboree show. She married husband Mickey Riley while still in high school. Her daughter, Kim Michelle Riley, was born on January 11, 1966.
The Riley family moved to Nashville, Tennessee later in the year. Jeannie worked as a secretary at Passkey Records while recording demos on the side. Her debut single "What About Them" was a flop. However, Riley scored a massive smash in 1968 with the marvelously sharp comical, sassy, embarrassing & exasperating (others see it different, in their own eyes, ways & personalities), Tom T. Hall's composition of "Harper Valley PTA". The song was a huge crossover success. It peaked on both the pop and country charts, on the Nielsen Top 40, that Casey Kasem counted down, on radio station
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Jeannie C. Riley
American country music and gospel singer (born 1945)
Jeannie C. Riley | |
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Riley at the Civic Center in Lansing, Michigan, on February 4, 1973 | |
| Birth name | Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson |
| Born | (1945-10-19) October 19, 1945 (age 79) Anson, Texas, United States |
| Origin | Stamford, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Country music, gospel |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Labels | Little Darlin Records Plantation Records Capitol Records MGM Records Mercury Records Warner Bros. Records MCA Records |
Musical artist
Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson; October 19, 1945)[1] is an American country music and gospelsinger. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which missed by one week simultaneously becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number-one hit.[2]
Riley later saw moderate country music chart action but never again duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". She became a born-again Christian in the mid-1970s and began recording gospel
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Jeannie C. Riley
Best known for her international crossover hit “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” Jeannie C. Riley was born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson on October 19, 1945 in Anson, Texas where she fell in love with country music. Jeannie made her public debut as a teenager on her uncle Johnny Moore’s local jamboree show.
Not long after graduating from high school, Jeannie married Mickey Riley. After the birth of her daughter Kim Michelle Riley on January 11, 1966, the Riley family moved to Nashville so Jeanne could pursue becoming a professional musician. Jeannie worked as a secretary at Passkey Records while recording demos on the side.
In 1967, Jeannie’s manager Paul Perry hooked Riley up with producer Shelby Singleton, with whom she recorded Tom T. Hall's composition of "Harper Valley P.T.A." The song became a huge crossover success, peaking on both the pop and country charts, on the Nielson Top 40, that Casey Kasem counted down, on radio stations all across North America, alike at #1, thus making Jeannie the first female country singer to have a hit single simul
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