{"product_id":"jeannie-c-riley-on-the-honky-tonk-highway-with-tell-the-truth-and-shame-the-devil-cd","title":"Jeannie C. Riley - On The Honky Tonk Highway With: Tell The Truth And Shame The Devil (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe first in Bear Family Records'® new series of hard-hitting country music from artists who travelled the Honky Tonk Highway in the 1960s and '70s. This CD displays the full range of the astonishing recordings Jeannie C. Riley made for Plantation Records between 1968 and 1971, a time when her songs told the truth and shamed the devil. Jeannie had 24 country hits and 6 pop hits, including her international smash Harper Valley P.T. A. - the only song by a female country singer to top both the country and pop charts until Dolly Parton went pop 13 years later. She also had 9 charted albums. Jeannie was an excellent singer, the real deal, whose authentic Texas honky tonk twang came together with an ability to put across a song to wider audience. Standout songs from the finest country writers include Tell The Truth, The Girl Most Likely, The Back Side Of Dallas, Oh Singer, Country Girl, Roses And Thorns, The Street Singer, In A Moment Of Weakness, and... Harper Valley P.T.A. The accompanying booklet by Martin Hawkins tells the fascinating story of young Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson complete with original interviews and rare photographs. Jeannie C. Riley was born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson in 1945 in Stamford, Texas. Her childhood was lonely but competitive, and focused on singing - at first into her hairbrush, then on the local Jones County Jamboree. She moved to Nashville in 1966 with her husband and a six month old daughter, Kim. She was turned down by Monument and Capitol and messed around by undelivered promises from other labels. Her 1981 autobiography called out the casting couch processes in Nashville years before \"Me Too\" came along. Johnny Cash wrote the introduction: \"She was a diamond in the rough... Her story is a textbook example of what many girls have come through in order to 'make it' in the Nashville music community.\" 1-CD (Digipak) with 48-page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 75 min.. - Jeannie had 24 country hits and 6 pop hits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarper Valley P. T. A.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tell The Truth And Shame The Devil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Girl Most Likely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Little Town Square\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Back Side Of Dallas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Things Go Better With Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Country Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Duty Not Desire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Good Enough To Be Your Wife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Oh Singer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Darling Days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Roses And Thorns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Almost Called Your Name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Satan Place\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Light Your Light (And Let It Shine)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Am I That Easy To Forget\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In A Moment Of Weakness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Tree Of Joy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Teardrops On Page 43\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Cotton Patch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Shed Me No Tears\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Before The Next Teardrop Falls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e One Toke Over The Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Street Singer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I'll Take What's Left Of You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e No Brass Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e That's A No No\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e We Were Raised On Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Yesterday All Day Long Today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522201260306,"sku":"5397102176364","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jeannie-c-riley-on-the-honky-tonk-highway-with-tell-the-truth-and-shame-the-devil-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}