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Jan 10, 2018 · By Manly Bryant on January 10, 2018. YouTube/Ginney Foley. This legendary song and the woman behind it prove that the magic is still there with this raucous performance alongside famous singer/songwriter Jimmy Payne! Jeannie C. Riley shot toward the top of the charts with her unforgettable hit song, “Harper Valley PTA,” back in 1968 and ...
Aug 7, 2020 · One of popular music's greatest overnight success stories unfolded in Sept. 1968 for country singer Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson). Her feisty version of songwriter Tom T. Hall ...
Dec 19, 2023 · Riley Johnson. December 19, 2023 5:26 PM CST. Country singer Jeannie C. Riley’s 1968 sassy country-pop track about a slut-shamed single mom who clap-backed hard at her haters titled “Harper Valley PTA” was the singer’s biggest career hit. First, it scored her the number one spot on both country and pop charts, making her the first woman ...
Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, October 19, 1945) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" (written by Tom T. Hall), which missed (by one week) becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time.
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Best known for her massive 1968 hit, "Harper Valley P.T.A.," penned by master songsmith Tom T. Hall, Texas-born singer Jeannie C. Riley became one of the biggest female country performers in the U.S. during the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Unable to duplicate the success of her signature single (which even led to a "Harper Valley P.T.A." movie ...
Feb 14, 2024 · Few artists in the history of country music became famous as fast as Jeannie C. Riley. Her second single, "Harper Valley P.T.A.," was a runaway hit immediately upon release in 1968; it sold over five million copies and was the first song by a female artist to top the country and pop charts at the same time. The song also set the template for ...
