Divas through the Decades  - Country Music Revue!

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1908-1996 Ruby Rose Blevins  (Patsy Montana) ...

An American country music singer-songwriter and the first female music performer to sell one million records!  Patsy was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996.

Featured Songs:  I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart  1935                             (dance team)

 
 

1932-1963 Virginia Hensley (Patsy Cline) ...

Since her death at the age of 30 and the height of her career, Patsy has been considered one of the most influential, revered and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century.

Featured Songs:  Back in Baby's  Arms 1963    &  Crazy 1961                    (Sheila Caldwell)
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1945-Present  Morna Anne Murray ...

A Grammy Award Winning Canadian singer.  Anne has performed in Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary styles.  So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies.

Featured Song:  I Just Fall in Love Again 1979                                                (Sheila Caldwell)

1946-Present  Dolly Rebecca Parton ...

A Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist.  In the 44 years since her national chart debut, she remains the most successful female artist in the history of country music with 25 number-one singles (a record for a female artist), and a record 42 top-10 country albums. She has the distinction of having performed on a top-5 country hit in each of the last five decades and is the only artist to score a No. 1 country single in each of the past four decades.

Featured Song:  Just When I Needed You  Most  1996                                   (Sheila Caldwell)

1944-Present  Bonnie Lynn Raitt ...

The daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt and his first wife, pianist Marjorie Haydock, Bonnie began playing guitar at an early age, something few of her high school girlfriends did.  Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and has received nine Grammy Awards in her career.

Featured Song:  Feels Like Home to Me   1996                                                (Sheila Caldwell)

1944-Present  Brenda Lee ...

An American country-pop singer, Brenda was popular during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s she had more charted hits than any other woman, and only three male singers/groups (Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and The Beatles) outpaced her.

Featured Song:   Always on My Mind  1998                                                      (Sheila Caldwell)

 
     

1982-Present  Margaret LeAnn Rimes ...

An American country music and pop singer, songwriter, and actress, LeAnn is best known for her rich vocals similar to legendary country music singer Patsy Cline, and her rise to fame at the age of 13, becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

Featured Song: 
 Unchained Melody   1997                                                             (Mona Bailey)

 

1948-Present  Barbara Ann Mandrell ...

Best-known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows (1980-82) that helped Barbara become one of country music's most successful female vocalists.   She is the only female in country music history to win the Country Music Association's "Entertainer of the Year" award twice, and she has won Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" twice.

Featured Song: 
I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool   1979                  
(Mona Bailey)

1944-Present  Reba  Nell McEntire ...

An American country music singer, performer and actress and often referred to as "The Queen of Country", Reba is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads. She has issued 31 albums, with over 55 million records sold worldwide in her 33-year career. She ranks as the #7 best-selling female artist in all genres, and is the second best selling female country artist of all time.

Featured Song:  Fancy  1991                                                                                      (Mona Bailey)

 

1979-Present   Julie Roberts ...

An American country music singer. Signed to Mercury Nashville in 2004, Roberts made her debut that year with the single "Break Down Here", a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and the first track from her self-titled debut album.  She is also from nearby Lancaster, SC!

Featured Song:  Break Down Here   2004                                                               (Mona Bailey)