Greatest female country hits?

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 19 Apr 2000 5:57 pm

I'm playing in a mostly original group, but our female lead singer wants to add a few covers for the upcoming festival season.

What are your ideas for some great, up-tempo, female vocalist tunes that everyone will recognize and would enjoy (and I'll have fun playing steel on)?
Think classics, or at least pre-1979-ish.

Thanks in advance for the ideas!
Pete[This message was edited by Pete Burak on 19 April 2000 at 07:00 PM.]

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 19 Apr 2000 6:28 pm

Have your lady check out anything Barbara Mandrell did. She's still tops in my book!Having Cookie Jones backing her up made it all that much better, too. You should have a ball working that stuff.

Marty Pollard · Post by **Marty Pollard** » 19 Apr 2000 6:45 pm

Not pre-79 BUT...

Don't Tell Me What To Do- Pam Tillis
Big Deal- LeeAnn Rimes
Just Say Yes- Hwy 101
You've Got Five Minutes- Lori Morgan
Halfway Down- Patty Loveless

and for fun...
It's A Heartache- Bonnie Tyler

Garryharris · Post by **Garryharris** » 19 Apr 2000 7:53 pm

In your part of the country but now retired is the beautiful Judy Lynn. I believe she was once Miss Nebraska. She was on the first
Opry TV show. I believe she lived and performed mostlly in Nevada. She was a great talent and had a great band.

George Rozak · Post by **George Rozak** » 19 Apr 2000 9:27 pm

Don't forget Patsy Cline. I'd say that just about all of her recordings were "classics."

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 19 Apr 2000 9:59 pm

Tell her to learn about "Connie Smith" and she will learn a little about the roots of real female country singers.
Ricky

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Kathryn Sabey · Post by **Kathryn Sabey** » 20 Apr 2000 1:10 am

"If You're Looking at Me, You're Looking at Country"

Any song by Loretta or Tammy! You might want to go to www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/ for ideas, too.[This message was edited by Kathryn Sabey on 20 April 2000 at 02:12 AM.]

Paul Crawford · Post by **Paul Crawford** » 20 Apr 2000 5:45 am

When we're taking requests in a Classic Country club, (read we play alot at the Moose lodge), you can bet every night you'll be asked for:

Crazy - most requested song of all time
Satin Sheets - another slow one, but standard
Coal Miner's Daughter - get out the Match-Bro
You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man - any other LL hit
Honky Tonk Angles - Still making Kitty Wells a living
Anything Tammy ever sang ...

If you really want to bring the house down and do some of those old duets from the late 60s / 70s.

Ray Jenkins · Post by **Ray Jenkins** » 20 Apr 2000 6:03 am

Way yo go Ricky and Paul C.Ray

Graham · Post by **Graham** » 20 Apr 2000 6:19 am

Just a couple by Connie Smith, the "ultimate" female country vocalist, IMHO!

Once A Day
Cry, Cry, Cry
Then and Only Then
Ain't Had No Lovin'
The Hurtin's All Over
You And Your Sweet Love
Cincinatti, Ohio
I'll Come Runnin'
Run Away Little Tears
Just One Time
Just For What I Am
If It Ain't Love(Let's Leave It Alone)

Cant' go wrong with just about anything this lady ever did!

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Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 20 Apr 2000 6:41 am

Hey Pete,
How about "Ride, Ride, Ride" by Lynn Anderson I believe. It's got a great steel solo in it and it's really up tempo. Then there's the great stuff EmmyLou Harris cut in the 70's like "Las Vegas, Luxury Liner" or any of those great things.

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Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 20 Apr 2000 6:59 am

I just forwarded this thread to our lead vocalist.

Keep 'em coming!!!

-pb

randy · Post by **randy** » 20 Apr 2000 9:23 am

Tammy...Apartment # 9...You'll have fun with the intro and turn.

randy

Marty Pollard · Post by **Marty Pollard** » 20 Apr 2000 9:58 am

Up-tempo, people.

Dayna Wills · Post by **Dayna Wills** » 20 Apr 2000 11:59 pm

Dottie West wasn't too shabby either. "A Lesson in Leavin'" recently covered by Jo Dee Messina.

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Dan Tyack · Post by **Dan Tyack** » 21 Apr 2000 6:38 am

Too Far Gone. Can't remember who did the original, but Emmy Lou covered it on her first album. Great song.

Not classic, not done by a female singer, but the song "Going Home" is fine, fine, fine. Charlie Rich did it originally, get the version that was on a demo tape (just him and the piano). Mark Knopfler covered it in the Knotting Hillbillies.

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Keith DeLong · Post by **Keith DeLong** » 21 Apr 2000 1:55 pm

"Wheels" by Emmylou Harris -- great tune. She sang it on the Opry a few months ago , with Steve Fishall (hope I spelled his name right) playing a Fender 400 , Buddy Harmon on drums--the kind of country music that gives you goose bumps .
I'm pretty much in agreement with the other selections chosen--another great number for steel is Loretta Lynn's "When the tingle becomes a Chill".

John Steele · Post by **John Steele** » 21 Apr 2000 2:07 pm

If I had to shave it down to just one song, for being the most widely recognized female country hit, it would be one that hasn't been mentioned yet.
"Stand By Your Man", by Tammy.

Of course it's considered politically incorrect or something stupid these days, I guess...
-John
(But "Earl Has To Die" is OK

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Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 21 Apr 2000 3:07 pm

Guys i have never sang in public but i know enough of these lyrics if your out on a limb LOL

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 23 Apr 2000 4:53 pm

Kitty Wells had a nice fast shuffle tune called "I'll Reposess My Heart". It's a great tune, easy to sing, and was written by her (then) lead man, Paul Yandell.

randy · Post by **randy** » 25 Apr 2000 10:21 am

Marty...It's obvious to me that you have not learned the fine art of simply ignoring the original poster and ranting. Now you do a fairly good job when you start the thread but I think you show way too much respect and restraint to original posters.

randy

Manny Shuffles · Post by **Manny Shuffles** » 26 Apr 2000 8:50 pm

randy.....two minutes in the penalty box for a shot at marty's head.......get in, you know you had your stick up.

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randy · Post by **randy** » 27 Apr 2000 5:40 am

You're right Manny...what was the topic again.

I love ya Marty, especially in that dress they were talking about in that other thread.

randy

Ron Page · Post by **Ron Page** » 27 Apr 2000 9:07 am

"Anything Tammy ever sang ..."

Yeah, like "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad".

Lynn Anderson had another early up-tempo hit called "Stay There 'Til I Get There".

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Marty Pollard · Post by **Marty Pollard** » 27 Apr 2000 10:42 am

It's just that Pete was nice to me once!