Farmer's Daughter (band)
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| The Daughters | |
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| Origin |  Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Years active | 1993 – 2005 |
| Label(s) | Stubble Jumper Music Universal Music Canada |
| Members | |
| Jake Leiske Angela Kelman Laura Rose |
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| Former members | |
| Shauna Rae Samograd | |
The Daughters (formerly known as Farmer's Daughter) are an award-winning Canadian country music group.
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[edit] Career
In the spring of 1992, Saskatchewan's Jake Leiske talked Alberta's Shauna Rae Samogard into forming a country music band. Jake and Shauna Rae had toured together before with their family's gospel group when they were 5 and 2 years old, respectively. By the fall of that same year, they joined forces with Manitoba's Angela Kelman, to form Farmer's Daughter.
In 1993, the Vancouver-based group independently released their debut album, Girls Will Be Girls, on Stubble Jumper Music. The album generated seven hits, including "Borderline Angel," "Family Love," "I Wanna Hold You" and a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit "Son of a Preacher Man." Girls Will Be Girls was named Album of the Year by the British Columbia Country Music Association (BCCMA) in 1994, and the band won the Vista Rising Star Award from the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) the following year. They swept the 1996 British Columbia Country Music Awards, winning Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, as well as Song and Single of the Year awards for "Borderline Angel."
In 1996, Farmer's Daughter signed to Universal Music Canada and released their second album, Makin' Hay, in September. The album went gold in Canada and produced five more hit singles, including "Lonely Gypsy Wind," "Now That I'm On My Own," "You Said" and the top 5 "Cornfields Or Cadillacs." They were named Group of the Year by the CCMA in 1997, Best Country Group or Duo at the Juno Awards in 1998, and both Group and Entertainer of the Year by the BCCMA in 1997 and 1998.
Their third album, This Is the Life, was released in October 1998, also by UMG Canada. They took a more hands-on approach, producing the album with Marc Ramaer (K.D. Lang). Two singles from the CD reached the Canadian Top 10, "Freeway" and "Blue Horizon." Farmer's Daughter continued their domination at the BCCMA Awards in 1999, winning Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, Song of the Year ("Blue Horizon"), Single of the Year ("Blue Horizon") and Album of the Year (This Is The Life).
The band released their greatest hits album, The Best of Farmer's Daughter, in 1999. The CD included 11 of Farmer's Daughter's biggest hits, along with two new songs, "Walkin' In The Sunshine" (#8) and "You And Only You" (#12). They were once again named Entertainer of the Year and Group of the Year by the BCCMA, along with Single of the Year for "Walkin' In The Sunshine."
Shauna Rae Samograd left the group in 2002, to be replaced by Laura Rose, who already had a successful solo career of her own with songs like "This Close To Heaven" and "So Long, Leon." The trio also changed their name simply to The Daughters. They continue to tour, but have only released one single since Laura joined the group, 2005's "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad."
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | CAN Country | CRIA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Girls Will Be Girls | 16 | |
| 1996 | Makin' Hay | 11 | Gold |
| 1998 | This Is the Life | ||
| 1999 | The Best of Farmer's Daughter | 15 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | CAN Country | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Girls Will Be Girls" | 22 | Girls Will Be Girls |
| 1994 | "I Wanna Hold You" | 14 | |
| "Family Love" | 17 | ||
| 1995 | "Son of a Preacher Man" | 11 | |
| "Borderline Angel" | 11 | ||
| "Callin' All You Cowboys" | 38 | ||
| 1996 | "Fallin' Out of Love" | 29 | |
| "Cornfields or Cadillacs" | 1 | Makin' Hay | |
| "Lonely Gypsy Wind" | 19 | ||
| 1997 | "Now That I'm on My Own" | 20 | |
| "You Said" | 10 | ||
| 1998 | "Inclemency" | 43 | |
| "Freeway" | 10 | This Is the Life | |
| "Blue Horizon" | 8 | ||
| 1999 | "Let It Ride" | ||
| "Walkin' in the Sunshine" | 8 | The Best of Farmer's Daughter | |
| 2000 | "You and Only You" | 12 | |
| 2005 | "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" |
[edit] Awards
[edit] Canadian Country Music Awards
1995
- Vista Rising Star
1997
- Group or Duo of the Year
[edit] Juno Awards
[edit] British Columbia Country Music Awards
1994
- Album of the Year, Girls Will Be Girls
1996
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Song of the Year, "Borderline Angel"
- Single of the Year, "Borderline Angel"
1997
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Single of the Year, "Cornfields Or Cadillacs"
1998
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
1999
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Song of the Year, "Blue Horizon"
- Single of the Year, "Blue Horizon"
- Album of the Year, This Is the Life
2000
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Single of the Year, "Walkin' In The Sunshine"
2002
- Group of the Year
