Comments on: Forgotten Artists – Jeannie C. Riley

By: Great Country Songs from the 1970s, Pt. 6 | The 9513

Great Country Songs from the 1970s, Pt. 6 | The 9513 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:04:59 +0000

[...] “Good Morning Country Rain” – Jeannie C. Riley (1972) My favorite Jeannie C. Riley song. (See the Forgotten Artist article for more on Jeannie C. Riley) [...]

By: Barbara Jean Fields

Barbara Jean Fields — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:39:08 +0000

I want to know what is the name of the song by Jeannie C. Riley? Account number# 01220260. And what is the label?

By: Forgotten Artists: Cal Smith | The 9513

Forgotten Artists: Cal Smith | The 9513 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:48:39 +0000

[...] more entries in Paul W. Dennis’ Forgotten Artists series: Jeannie C. Riley The Stoneman Family Tommy Collins Webb Pierce Dick Feller [...]

By: Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #4 | The 9513

Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #4 | The 9513 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:42:31 +0000

[...] I agree with you, was top-notch) will eventually be re-relased on CD or iTunes.” — Timeo “Until seeing those pictures above, I didn’t realize that Jeannie C. Riley was such a [...]

By: Trailer

Trailer — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:37:44 +0000

I’ll be glad when you move this story off the front page. That picture is very distracting. She’s purty.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:13:11 +0000

Oddy – I stand corrected. I purchased both the Harper Valley PTA album and single when they were first issued but the 45 is no longer in my possession. I also had Plantation #1,#2 and several other Plantation singles courtesy of a DJ friend (I’ve since forgotten which song it was) but I quit collecting singles about 1974 and sold most of them off)

By: Oddy

Oddy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:17:38 +0000

Omni Records in Australia are to release an anthology of artists on Shelby Singleton’s Plantation/SSS-International labels, mostly country, with some novelty records and recitation numbers.
To get an idea of where the collective Omni head’s are at: http://www.worldwentdown.com/omni/

Two Riley tracks are to be featured, I suppose if this set does well, there might be a chance of proper reissues of her Plantation material.

The Koch reissue of her Little Darlin’ demos is a bit of a hodge podge, some tracks are from the 1968 albums masters, some from the 1969 Capitol mixes, and some seem to be from a much later mix, possibly intended for release in the late 70s when Little Darlin’ was revive for a time.
Sadly, most of the Little Darlin’ reissues from Koch suffer from second rate source material and remixes as much as being sourced from original masters.

It’s worth noting that although Riley’s debut album was indeed the first album on Plantation (PLP-1), her debut single was PL-3, not PL-1 as suggested.

Oddy

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:59:45 +0000

god bless testosteron.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:28:02 +0000

I’m with Matt C. on this one … those pictures sure changed my perception of Ms. Riley. Woof.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:24:11 +0000

I was sixteen when “Harper Valley PTA” was released so perhaps percolating hormones affected my initial reaction to Jeannie C. Riley because, as Matt C noted, she really was a babe. I didn’t hear much more of her for the next two years as my Dad was transferred overseas and, other than “Harper Valley PTA” , the BBC didn’t play any of her songs.

I returned to the U.S. in August 1970 and when she started recording for MGM is when I really became a fan.

During the Harper Valley PTA days, Jeannie frequently showed up on nationally televised shows; much less so after that. I have not seen her in a good 17-18 years but she was then still an extraordinarily attractive woman and I suspect that she remains so

I hope she records some secular music again someday. She deserves to be heard again