"Billie Jo Spears Billie Jo Spears (born Billie Joe Moore; January 14, 1937 – December 14, 2011) was an American country music singer. She reached the top 10 of the country music chart five times between 1969 and 1977, her biggest being ""Blanket on the Ground"", a 1975 number-one hit. She also had a large following in the United Kingdom with two of her singles reaching the pop top ten. Spears was born January 14, 1937, in Beaumont, Texas to Myrtie (née Smith), a homemaker who worked as a shipyard welder during WWII, and Carl Wilson Moore, a truck driver."
"sixteen consecutive weeks, a record that remains to this day. It also became the biggest selling single of the year, selling over a million copies. The Christmas number one single this year was Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", re-issued after the death of Freddie Mercury in November, coupled with ""These Are the Days of Our Lives"". As ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" had previously hit the top in 1975 (also becoming the Christmas number one) it became the first song ever, not counting re-entries, to hit number 1 twice. The death of Joy Finzi, who had founded the Finzi Trust in 1969 to commemorate her"
"adults who grew up during the 1940s and early 1950s, and not the rock record-buying youth); his most successful hits of the decade were ""It's Impossible"" (1970) and the Don McLean song ""And I Love Her So"" (1973). Two of popular music's most successful artists died within eight weeks of each other in 1977. Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about half a billion records, died October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains as the best selling"
"questions for ... Kay Starr. ""Goldmine"", 29, 26. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1499165 Kay Starr Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became No. 1 hits ""Wheel of Fortune"" in 1951 and ""(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"" in 1955. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, such as jazz, pop, and country; but her roots were in jazz. Billie Holiday called her ""the only white woman who"
"She later recorded for the Sir, MGM and Roulette labels. Her only record for Roulette was ""Have Fun"", which reached no. 21 on the R&B chart at the end of 1962; its B-side, ""Don't Stop The Wedding"", an answer song to Etta James' ""Stop The Wedding"", reached no. 99 on the pop chart. Soon afterwards, she was involved in a serious car accident, which ended her musical career and confined her to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. She died in November 1986. A compilation of her recordings, ""In the Chapel - 30 Of Her Greatest Hits!"", was"
"of December 1, 2001, becoming Spears' first lead single from an album not to crack the U.S. top ten. The track also became a top 30 hit on the Hot 100 Airplay, but just barely made into the Hot 100 Singles Sales peaking at number 73. The low sales points are due mostly because of the song's 12-inch single release instead of a competitive regular CD single. Despite the little sales, ""I'm a Slave 4 U"" became Spears' first dance hit, reaching number four on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It is also her first and, so far, only"
"as the second and final single from the album, and peaked at number hundred on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 although it wasn't released in the United States, but, however, reached the top ten in Australia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. On August 13, 2004, Spears announced through Jive Records the release of her first greatest hits compilation titled ""Greatest Hits: My Prerogative"", due on November 16, 2004; it was, however, released a week earlier in the United States. The title was chosen after the album's lead single, Spears's cover version of Bobby Brown's song ""My Prerogative"""
"eras died within eight weeks of each other in 1977. Elvis Presley, the best-selling singer of all time, died on August 16, 1977. Presley's funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18, 1977. Bing Crosby, who sold about 50 million records, died on October 14, 1977. His single, White Christmas, remains as the best selling single of all time, confirmed by the Guinness Records. In addition to the early 70s deaths, in 1970 bands such as Simon and Garfunkel broke-up as did the Beatles, over the next few years Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Everly Brothers and more. Statistically, Led"
"and winter of 1965. After a month-long run at the top of the R&B charts, the song reached #4 on the US pop charts and #11 in the UK, and gave Chess its first million-selling single since Chuck Berry a decade earlier. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Bass followed with ""Recovery,"" which did moderately well, peaking at #13 (R&B) and #37 (pop) in early 1966. The same year brought two more R&B hits, ""I Can't Rest"" (backed with ""I Surrender)"" and ""You'll Never Know."" Her only album with Chess Records, ""The New Look"","
"82. He was survived by his three children and extended family. Joey Powers Joseph S. ""Joe"" Ruggiero (December 7, 1934 – January 20, 2017), who performed as Joey Powers, was an American former pop singer and songwriter whose record ""Midnight Mary"" reached No. 10 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in early January 1964. Powers had no further hits and is known as a ""one hit wonder"". He later became a booking agent, recording studio owner, record producer, and church leader. He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington High School in 1953 and at one time played in"
"Thunder for ""We Have Only One Life"", released in February 1968 to become a chart shortfall. Kerr also had Winters record ""Last Minute Miracle"" which he had in 1967 recorded with the Shirelles for a regional hit single release and also (as ""A Last Minute Miracle"") with Linda Jones (with all three versions apparently sharing a common backing track); however Winters' version remains unreleased, ""We Have Only One Life"" remaining her only release for the year 1968. Winters nonetheless made a strong comeback in 1969 with four R&B hits beginning with her highest ranking U.S. solo hit, Winters' remake of"
"biggest Hot 100 hit ""You Needed Me"" (1978) — though, the biggest hit of her career (and her personal favorite) peaked at No. 4 country and No. 3 AC; ""I Just Fall in Love Again"", ""Shadows in the Moonlight"", and ""Broken Hearted Me"" (1979); her remake of The Beatles' ""I'm Happy Just to Dance With You"" (1980), which hit #64 on the Hot 100 and #23 on the Country chart; her revival of The Monkees' 1967 No. 1 hit ""Daydream Believer"" and ""Could I Have This Dance"" from the ""Urban Cowboy"" motion picture soundtrack (1980); ""Blessed Are the Believers"" (1981);"
"was also banned in all European TV channels. Spears performed ""Do Somethin'"" during The M+M's Tour in 2007, The Circus Starring Britney Spears in 2009 and in 2013–17. On August 13, 2004, Spears announced through Jive Records the release of her first greatest hits compilation titled """", due November 16, 2004. The title was chosen after the album's lead single, Spears's cover version of Bobby Brown's 1988 single ""My Prerogative"". The cover was produced by Swedish production team Bloodshy & Avant, who produced her single ""Toxic"" from her fourth studio album, ""In the Zone"" (2003). A DVD was also released"
"only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. The second was upon its re-release (as a double A-side single with ""These Are the Days of Our Lives"") in 1991 following Mercury's death, staying at number one for five weeks. In the United States, the single was also a success, although to a lesser extent than in the UK. The single, released in December 1975, reached number nine on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of one million copies. In a retrospective article, Anthony DeCurtis"
"one of her signature tunes. Love's later song, ""All Alone on Christmas"", which was used in the 1992 Christmas movie, ""Home Alone 2,"" referenced the song. The song as recorded by Love was released as a single in 1963 (Philles 119) and in 1964 (Philles X-125). But the records did not chart in both years. In December 2010, ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked ""Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"" first on its list of The Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs, noting that ""nobody can match Love's emotion and sheer vocal power."" As an example of the track's staying power, it reached"
"a Grammy artist, and has won just once during her entire career."" ""Femme Fatale"" debuted at number one on the US ""Billboard"" 200, with first-week sales of 276,000 copies. This gave Spears her sixth debut at the top of the chart and leaves her in a four-way tie for third most number-one albums for a female artist, tied with Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, and Beyoncé. In its second week, the album fell to number two, with sales plummeting 73 percent to 75,000, giving it a two-week total of 351,000 sold in the United States. The album spent five consecutive weeks"
"Kay Starr Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became No. 1 hits ""Wheel of Fortune"" in 1951 and ""(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"" in 1955. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, such as jazz, pop, and country; but her roots were in jazz. Billie Holiday called her ""the only white woman who could sing the blues."" Kay Starr was born Katherine Laverne Starks"
"to a more limited schedule in 1979 and another Top 10 hit. For the next few years the successes came at a lower level. Although this serious neurological illness caused a deep decline in her promotional work, Fargo vowed to not let the disease ultimately get to her. In 1979, she recorded a new album, ""Just for You"", from which the biggest hit was the No. 14 hit ""Daddy,"" a new version of a song that Fargo had recorded in 1969. The follow-up, ""Preacher Berry,"" peaked outside the Country Top 40. Fargo released one more album with Warner Bros. in"
"as quickly as the hits had started, they stopped. She recorded more than thirty sides for Federal, but only one, ""Ring-a-Ding-Doo"", made the charts, reaching number 8 in 1952. Not working with Otis was part of her problem; the other part was her deepening dependence on heroin, to which she was addicted by the middle of the decade. Being in the same room when Johnny Ace shot himself (accidentally) on Christmas Day, 1954, while in-between shows in Houston, presumably did not help matters. In 1954, she returned to Houston to live with her father and recuperate. Short on money, she"
"Billie Jo Spears discography The discography of Billie Jo Spears, an American country artist, consists of 18 studio albums, four compilation albums, and 46 singles. Spears's official recording career began in 1966 when she was first signed to a temporary recording contract with United Artists. In 1968 she signed with Capitol Records, where in 1969 her single ""Mr. Walker, It's All Over"" peaked at #4 on the ""Billboard Magazine"" Hot Country Singles chart. Her follow-up singles, such as ""Stepchild"" and ""Midnight Train"", were not as successful and after undergoing vocal surgery in 1972, she left the label. In 1974 she"
"years living, acting and singing in Europe, where she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Summer returned to the United States in 1975 after the commercial success of the song ""Love to Love You Baby"", which was followed by a string of other hits, such as ""I Feel Love"", ""Last Dance"", ""MacArthur Park"", ""Heaven Knows"", ""Hot Stuff"", ""Bad Girls"", ""Dim All the Lights"", ""No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"" (duet with Barbra Streisand) and ""On the Radio"". She became known as the Queen of Disco, while her music gained a global following. Summer died on May 17, 2012,"
"Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970), nicknamed ""Pearl"", was an American rock, soul and blues singer and songwriter, and one of the most successful and widely known female rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. A fourth album, ""Pearl"", was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the ""Billboard"" charts. In 1967, Joplin rose to fame during an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then"
"chart. That same year, her singles began to return to the Top 10 with ""This White Circle on My Finger"" and ""Password"", both of which peaked at No. 7 on the ""Billboard"" Country Chart. In 1965, Wells had her last Top 10 hit with ""Meanwhile, Down At Joe's"" and in 1966, Wells then had her final Top 20 hit with ""It's All Over But the Crying"", which peaked at No. 14 on the country charts. During the late 1960s and 1970s, she managed to have a string of minor hits and remained a popular concert attraction. She continued with a"
"through ""Call Me"" of January 1970. The first eight all made the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, including her chart-topping signature song, ""Respect."" No single included charted lower than #19 on the Hot 100. Missing is her eleventh single of this sequence, ""I Can't See Myself Leaving You"" of April 1969; also missing is her 1968 version of ""(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"" released as a single in the United Kingdom only. The other three tracks appeared as b-sides, two of which charted on the Hot 100 independently of their hit sides. The single mixes do not appear"
"chart success began to fade. Singles such as ""It's Hard to Be a Woman"" and ""Love Takes a Lot of My Time"" failed to crack the country top 40. Her last major hit was 1973's ""I Can't Believe That It's All Over"", which peaked at number 12 in country and number 101 on the pop chart. In the 1970s, she began regularly touring foreign countries such as Barbados, Singapore, and Sweden, where she retained a following. Davis had the first and only controversy of her career when during a 1973 Grand Ole Opry performance, she dedicated a gospel song to"
"'Disco File Top 20' chart in the autumn of 1975. In 1978, Charles was a joint winner at the World Popular Song Festival held in Tokyo, performing the tune, ""Love Rocks"". Charles represented the UK, and shared the top prize with Japan's own entry. By 1980 her career was in decline, and disco music generally was losing some of its public appeal. She attempted to change her disco style for her 1980 album ""Just One Smile"" for a more hard edge rock electronic style but the album was virtually ignored. Charles married and had a child, and devoted herself for"
"Again"" is among the biggest selling global singles in history and her highest selling single to date, exceeding six million copies. ""I Get Lonely"" reached number three on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, number one on Hot Dance Single Sales and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, five in the United Kingdom, and fourteen on the European Hot 100. It set a record as her eighteenth consecutive top ten hit on the Hot 100, surpassed only by Elvis Presley and The Beatles. ""Go Deep"" was ineligible to chart on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, though peaked at number twelve on Pop Songs, eight"
"mere three days. Spears broke a first-week sales record for a female act in the UK at the time when ""...Baby One More Time"" sold a total of 460,000 copies. Eventually, the British Phonographic Industry certified it two-times platinum on March 26, 1999. The single went on to sell over 1,445,000 units by the end of 1999, making it the highest-selling single of that year and the 8th biggest song of the 1990s. As of 2018, it is the 32nd best-seller of all-time in the UK. Additionally, ""...Baby One More Time"" is the fifth best-selling single by a female artist"
"Through her work with TLC, Lopes won four Grammy Awards. During her short solo career, Lopes scored two US top-ten singles with ""Not Tonight"" and ""U Know What's Up"", as well as one UK number-one single with ""Never Be the Same Again"". She also produced the girl group Blaque, who scored a platinum album and two US top-ten hits. Lopes remains the only member of TLC to have released a solo album. On April 25, 2002, Lopes was killed in a car accident while on a trip with her sister and others. She swerved off the road to avoid hitting"
"for ""Nevertheless"", but it was in late 1973 that this formula found its biggest success when Lyn Paul took the lead on the new single, ""You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"". The song became a big hit over Christmas and eventually peaked at No.1 in January 1974, becoming their second biggest hit. This formula continued with the next single, ""I Get a Little Sentimental Over You"", which also became a big hit, peaking at No.5. However, despite this revival, the group announced their split amid much publicity. With allegations that the members were receiving little financial reward for their"
"months and four days). Spears scored her first number one single on the chart with ""...Baby One More Time"" on the chart issue of February 20, 1999. She also tied Mariah Carey and Knowles for the third-highest female total of number-one singles. As of March 2015, ""I Wanna Go"" has sold 1,770,000 digital downloads in the United States. It is her eighth best-selling digital single in the country. In Australia, ""I Wanna Go"" debuted at number 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart on the chart issue of July 10, 2011. It peaked at number 31 three weeks later, on July"
"2012, ""Forbes"" reported that Spears was the highest paid female musician of the year, with earnings of $58 million, having last topped the list in 2002. During the promotion of her eighth and ninth studio albums, ""Britney Jean"" (2013) and ""Glory"" (2016), Spears embarked on a four-year concert residency, , at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas; later developing a second Las Vegas residency, , playing at Park MGM's Park Theatre through 2019. Five of Spears' singles have reached number one in the United States: ""...Baby One More Time"", ""Womanizer"", ""3"", ""Hold It Against Me"" and ""S&M"". Other"
"10 hit ""Solitaire"" (1983), the U.S. AC chart number one ""How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"" (1983), the Australian No. 2 hit ""Ti Amo"" (1984), and ""The Power of Love"" (1987). Her most successful album was 1984's platinum-selling ""Self Control"". She also contributed songs to motion picture and television soundtracks, including the Grammy and Academy Award-winning ""Flashdance"" soundtrack (1983), and the ""Ghostbusters"" soundtrack (1984). In 1985, she won the Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""The Lucky One"". She died at her home in 2004 from a previously undiagnosed cerebral aneurysm. Laura Ann Branigan was born on July"