Linda Hargrove
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Linda Hargrove was an American country songwriter and musician. She wrote many country music hits for a variety of artists and had a respectable career for herself in the mid-1970s, as "Linda Hargrove". She was known as "The Blue Jean Country Queen" because she usually performed in jeans and without the elaborate makeup that other female country performers of the time used. After marrying and undergoing a religious conversion, she made two gospel albums in the 1980s. She put out her final album in 2005.
Songs
- Just Get Up and Close the DoorJust Get Up and Close the Door"Just Get Up and Close the Door" is a 1975 single written by Linda Hargrove and recorded by Johnny Rodriguez. "Just Get Up and Close the Door" was Rodriguez's fifth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart.-Chart...
- Johnny RodriguezJohnny RodriguezJohnny Rodriguez is an American country music singer. He was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish....
took this to #1 in 1975 - "Let It Shine" - the 1975 recording by Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...
went to #1 on the Easy Listening chart and #5 on the Country chart. - I've Never Loved Anyone MoreI've Never Loved Anyone MoreI've Never Loved Anyone More is a studio album by Country singer Lynn Anderson released in 1975. The album spawned two singles, the title song and "He Turns It Into Love Again". The title track reached No. 14 while, "He Turns It Into Love Again" reached No...
(with Michael NesmithMichael NesmithRobert Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name...
) was the title song of a 1975 Lynn AndersonLynn AndersonLynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Helped by her regular exposure on national television, Anderson was one of the most...
album and reached #14 on the Country chart. - Love Was (Once Around the Dance Floor) (1978) was Hargrove's only top 40 hit as a performer
- "Tennessee WhiskeyTennessee Whiskey (song)"Tennessee Whiskey" is the title of a country song written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. It was originally recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe, whose version peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1981...
" (with Dean DillonDean DillonDean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...
) - recorded by David Allan CoeDavid Allan CoeDavid Allan Coe is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career...
(#77 in 1981) and George JonesGeorge JonesGeorge Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
(#2 in 1983)
Albums
| Year | Album | US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Music Is Your Mistress | — | Elektra |
| 1974 | Blue Jean Country Queen | — | |
| 1975 | Love, You're the Teacher | 45 | Capitol |
| 1976 | Just Like You | — | |
| 1977 | Impressions | — | |
| 1981 | A New Song (as Linda Bartholomew) | — | Fig Tree |
| 1987 | Greater Works (as Linda Bartholomew) | — | Three Fold |
| 2005 | One Woman's Life | — | Panacea |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | |||
| 1974 | "Blue Jean Country Queen" | 98 | — | Blue Jean Country Queen |
| "I've Never Loved Anyone More" | 82 | — | ||
| 1975 | "Love Was (Once Around the Dance Floor)" | 39 | 32 | Love, You're the Teacher |
| 1976 | "Love, You're the Teacher" | 86 | — | |
| "Fire at First Sight" | 86 | — | Just Like You | |
| 1977 | "Down to My Pride" | 91 | — | |
| "Mexican Love Songs" | 61 | — | Impressions | |
| 1978 | "You Are Still the One" | 93 | — | single only |