Jeanne Pruett
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| Jeanne Pruett | ||
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 Jeanne Pruett's 1973 Satin Sheets album
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Norma Jean Bowman | |
| Also known as | Jeanne Pruett | |
| Born | January 30, 1937 | |
| Origin | Pell City, Alabama | |
| Genre(s) | Country Music | |
| Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter, TV host | |
| Years active | 1971-Present | |
| Label(s) | RCA Records Decca Records Mercury Records IBC Records |
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| Associated acts |
Lynn Anderson, Margo Smith | |
Jeanne Pruett (born Norma Jean Bowman January 30, 1937 in Pell City, Alabama) is a Country Music singer, who is best known for her #1 Country and Top 40 Pop hit "Satin Sheets". She had more success on the Country charts soon after the song's success.
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[edit] Early Life & Rise to Fame
The song "Satin Sheets" was and has always been Jeanne Pruett's signature song. The song sounded much more Country than the songs that were coming out of Nashville at the time. When "Satin Sheets" became a hit in 1973, Country music was moving more into Pop-oriented tunes yet "Satin Sheets" wasn't just a Country hit, it was also a Top 40 Pop hit.
Jeanne Pruett was born Norma Jean Bowman in Pell City, Alabama in 1937. Pruett started singing in high school originally. Eventually, she married her husband Jack Pruett. In 1956, the couple moved out to Nashville, Tennessee. Pruett's husband was guitarist and one day even became a guitarist for Marty Robbins. While raising her family, Jeanne began to write her own songs and eventually became secretary at Marty Robbins' publishing company.
In 1963, she first started recording and in fact recorded a lot of her own songs like "Count Me Out". This recording she did was for RCA Records. She took another shot at recording in 1969, this time with Decca Records. The label soon changed to MCA Records, but Pruett remained with the label anyway.
[edit] The Success of "Satin Sheets"
In 1971, Pruett made her first appearance on the Country charts with the single "Hold On to My Unchanging Love". The song didn't gain the success Pruett wanted it to, but showed the potential Pruett still had inside of herself to make it big in the business. Soon after in 1972, she made a second appearance on the Country charts with the Top 40 single "Love Me". This song was written by Pruett herself and was a song that Marty Robbins would later take into the top 10 in 1973.
That same year, Jeanne scored her biggest hit "Satin Sheets", which topped the charts and also a top 30 Pop hit. The song became Pruett's biggest hit. Her album by the same name also topped the charts as well. Pruett's voice was best-suited for the song, that was in deep southern twang. The song told the story of how a housewife who had all the luxuries in life was not happy with her marriage because her marriage was based on money and amenities. She instead finds another man "who can give more than her can", meaning real love instead of unconventional love. The success of "Satin Sheets" led Jeanne to many nominations from the CMA including Female Vocalist Of The Year and Single Of The Year. Jeanne was made a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1973.
After the success of "Satin Sheets", Jeanne found more success on the Country charts. Her next single was "I'm Your Woman", which became a top 10 hit in the fall of 1973 and proved that Pruett had a good, solid follow-up single. She continued to record and release albums and singles for the rest of the 70s, but only one of which made it to the Top Twenty on the Country charts and that was "You Don't Need To Move A Mountain" in 1974. At this point, it seemed that Pruett's chart success was slowly fading away. This probably might have been this way because, Pruett was basing her time more on her family than her work, as many female Country singers have done in the past.
However, Pruett made a solid comeback in 1980, when she scored big again with three major Country Top Ten hit singles on the independent IBC label. These singles were "Back to Back", "It's Too Late" and "Temporarily Yours". All of these songs were hits for Pruett in 1980. She even recorded a song that was a reference to her 1973 signature song called "Please Sing Satin Sheets For Me", which was a single released in 1979.
[edit] Decline & Life Today
The success that 1980 brought to Jeanne was only short lived. Her chart success began to decline. However, Pruett did not give up recording and releasing albums to the public. In 1982, she released a duet with Marty Robbins with the single "Love Me" that became a hit for both of them in the 1970's and plans were made for a duet album featuring Jeanne and Marty but Marty's death from open heart surgery in December 1982 prevented this from happening. In 1983, "Love Me" became a top 60 hit. Another duet by Jeanne and Marty, "Walking Piece Of Heaven", which was a top 10 hit for Marty in 1973, surfaced on the 1998 album Satin Sheets: Jeanne Pruett's Greatest Hits.
Later after her chart success, Jeanne began hosting her very own cooking show on TNN. She also made a series of cookbooks under the title called Feedin' Friends. She won many prizes for cooking and gardening skills that was seen in her cookbooks.
Since its release, "Satin Sheets" has become one of the greatest and most remebered Country songs of all time, and has been featured on many Country Music albums, that include other various artists from the 1970s.
Jeanne Pruett made headlines, at least in the country music press, when she announced she was retiring from the Grand Ole Opry and from performing in 2006, though intending to remain active with behind the scenes work in the music industry such as publishing.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | U.S. Country Singles | U.S. Pop Singles | Album | |
| 1971 | "Hold On to My Unchanging Love" | #66 | - | Love Me | |
| 1972 | "Love Me" | #34 | - | Love Me | |
| 1973 | "Satin Sheets" | #1 | #28 | Satin Sheets | |
| 1973 | "I'm Your Woman" | #8 | - | Jeanne Pruett | |
| 1974 | "You Don't Need to Move a Mountain" | #15 | - | Jeanne Pruett | |
| 1974 | "Welcome to the Sunshine (Sweet Baby Jane)" | #22 | - | Honey On His Hands | |
| 1975 | "Honey On His Hands" | #41 | - | Honey On His Hands | |
| 1975 | "Just Like You Daddy" | #25 | - | Honey On His Hands | |
| 1975 | "A Poor Man's Woman" | #24 | - | Honey On His Hands | |
| 1977 | "I'm Living a Lie" | #30 | - | Satin Sheets: Greatest Hits | |
| 1978 | "I'm a Woman" | #94 | - | Satin Sheets: Greatest Hits | |
| 1979 | "Please Sing Satin Sheets For Me" | #54 | - | Encore | |
| 1980 | "Back to Back" | #6 | - | Encore | |
| 1980 | "It's Too Late" | #9 | - | Encore | |
| 1980 | "Temporarily Yours" | #5 | - | Satin Sheets: Greatest Hits | |
| 1983 | "Love Me" | #58 | - | Music Row |
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | U.S. Country Albums | |
| 1972 | Love Me | - | |
| 1973 | Satin Sheets | #1 | |
| 1973 | Jeanne Pruett | #19 | |
| 1975 | Honey On His Hands | #48 | |
| 1979 | Encore | #18 | |
| 1982 | Star Studded Nights | - | |
| 1983 | Music Row | - | |
| 1985 | Jeanne Pruett | - | |
| 1998 | Satin Sheets: Greatest Hits | - |
[edit] Award Nominations
[edit] CMA Awards
- 1973: Female Vocalist of the Year
- 1973: Album of the Year for Satin Sheets (MCA)
- 1973: Single of the Year for "Satin Sheets"
