Riley, Jeannie C., 1945-

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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", which missed by one week simultaneously becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number-one hit.

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 music during the late 1970s.

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referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
creatorOf Cooke, Edwy, 1926-. Correspondence regarding the Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery : Sept. 1959 - Aug. 1960. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection radio and television files, 1930-2005. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Anson Chamber of Commerce. Records, 1942-1971. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Eugene Earle Collection, 1939-1980s University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Biography -- Riley, Jeannie C. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
referencedIn Center for Popular Music Vertical Files Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University
referencedIn O'Hanlon-Heatley-Stevens : [collection] : 1834-1967 ; manuscript. History Colorado
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associatedWith Anson Chamber of Commerce. corporateBody
associatedWith Earle, Eugene. person
associatedWith Hall, Tom T., 1936-2021 person
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Birth 1945-10-19

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