Connie Eaton
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Connie Eaton (March 1, 1950 - September 30, 1999) was a country music singer. Eaton was a native of Nashville, Tennessee and began her recording career as a teenager in the late 1960's, recording for Chart Records. Chart was the label that established Lynn Anderson as a major country singer and Eaton was considered by the country music press as the label's "next" Anderson. Prior to beginning her recording career, Eaton had been a runnerup in a "Miss Nashville" beauty contest. Her first record, "Too Many Dollars, Not Enough Sense", a Liz Anderson song, was released in 1968.
Eaton had a top 40 country hit with a cover of Merrilee Rush's pop record Angel of the Morning in 1970 which earned her a Billboard "Most Promising Female Vocalist" nomination but this proved to be Eaton's only hit record during her years on the Chart label although a duet with Dave Peel, a cover of Ray Charles' "Hit the Road Jack" came within a few spots of cracking the Top 40 also in 1970. Eaton released three albums and numerous singles for Chart Records and later recorded for on a few minor labels. In 1975, she returned to the major labels with an ABC Records contract and had her biggest hit, "Lonely Men, Lonely Women", which peaked at #23. Her album for ABC, however, did not chart and the follow-up singles were not successful. By the late 1970's, Eaton was out of the music industry. She died from cancer in 1999 at age 49.
[edit] Trivia
In 1968, Connie Eaton appeared on Arthur Godfrey's revised version of Talent Scouts and won, winning over the then unknown The Carpenters.
[edit] External links
Connie Eaton information on the net is somewhat elusive given her brief career but there is a biography page for her on the Chart Records Website:
