This song sold over six million singles for Jeannie C. Riley and was later turned into a movie. Few other songs on the Top 100 Country Songs list was turned ...

American country singer Jeannie C. Riley performs at the International Festival of Country Music at Wembley Arena, London, in 1982. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty ...

Country music exec Singleton dead at 77. ... Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid and country's Jeannie C. Riley, both in 1945 (age 57); Wilbert Hurt of the Delfonics in 1947 (age 55); ...

In 1968, a song about a miniskirt-wearing mom who stood up to the Harper Valley PTA and its small-town hypocrisy made singer Jeannie C. Riley the first woman to top both country and pop charts.

One of the most famous country songs from the 1960s is Jeannie C. Riley’s “Harper Valley PTA.” Even though it was a hit, Riley eventually distanced herself from it.

When Jeannie C. Riley recorded "Harper Valley PTA" in 1968, it not only became her most beloved hit to date, but also threw songwriter Tom T. Hall into the spotlight: The song became a major ...

Jeannie C. Riley, Claude Gray and Rodney Crowell will be the newest additions to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in August, 2019. The ceremony/concert will take place on Saturday, August 10 at ...

O n Sept. 28, 1968, Jeannie C. Riley, then 22, topped Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart with “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” a week after it had led the Billboard Hot 100.

Dolly Parton's 1971 classic "Coat of Many Colors" and Jeannie C. Riley's iconic 1968 hit "Harper Valley P.T.A." are among this year's inducted works. Parton and Riley's songs are two of 2019's 25 ...

In 1968, Jeannie C. Riley released her country hit "Harper Valley PTA." When Riley released "Harper Valley PTA," she became the first woman to top both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Country ...

Country singer Jeannie C. Riley released her hit single Harper Valley PTA a decade before the Eden movie. What are the odds that a singer named Jeannie would inspire a film starring the I Dream of ...

Riley is a Grammy Award winner for “Best Female Country Vocal Performance” for “Harper Valley P.T.A.” in 1969, and a recent inductee of the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, where she was ...