Linda Hargrove

Linda Hargrove
Also known as Linda Bartholomew
Born February 3, 1949
Origin Tallahassee, Florida
Died October 24, 2010 (aged 61)
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Piano
Years active 1973–2005
Labels Elektra, Capitol, RCA

Linda Hargrove (married name Bartholomew, born Tallahassee, Florida February 3, 1949; died Tallahassee, Florida October 24, 2010) was an American country songwriter and musician. She wrote many country music hits for a variety of artists and had a respectable career for herself in the mid-1970s, as "Linda Hargrove". She was known as "The Blue Jean Country Queen" because she usually performed in jeans and without the elaborate makeup that other female country performers of the time used.[1] After marrying and undergoing a religious conversion, she made two gospel albums in the 1980s. She put out her final album in 2005.

Songs

Discography

Albums

Year Album US Country Label
1973 Music Is Your Mistress Elektra
1974 Blue Jean Country Queen
1975 Love, You're the Teacher 45 Capitol
1976 Just Like You
1977 Impressions
1981 A New Song (as Linda Bartholomew) Fig Tree
1987 Greater Works (as Linda Bartholomew) Three Fold
2005 One Woman's Life Panacea

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album
US Country CAN Country
1974 "Blue Jean Country Queen" 98 Blue Jean Country Queen
"I've Never Loved Anyone More" 82
1975 "Love Was (Once Around the Dance Floor)" 39 32 Love, You're the Teacher
1976 "Love, You're the Teacher" 86
"Fire at First Sight" 86 Just Like You
1977 "Down to My Pride" 91
"Mexican Love Songs" 61 Impressions
1978 "You Are Still the One" 93 single only

References

  1. http://www.musicrow.com/2010/10/top-songwriter-linda-hargrove-passes/
  2. http://www.rocky-52.net/chanteursh/hargrove_linda.htm