Lois Johnson

For the Christian author, see Lois Walfrid Johnson.
Lois Johnson

Lois Johnson in 1970
Background information
Birth name Lois Johnson Scoggins
Born May 15, 1942
Union County, Tennessee, U.S.
Origin Maynardville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died July 7, 2014 (aged 72)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1969–1978
Labels Columbia, MGM, 20th Century, Polydor
Associated acts Hank Williams, Jr.

Lois Johnson Scoggins (May 15, 1942 – July 7, 2014) professionally known as Lois Johnson was an American country music singer. She was from Maynardville, Tennessee. She recorded for different labels between 1969 and 1978, charted twenty singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her highest chart peak was "Loving You Will Never Grow Old", which reached No. 6 in 1975.[1] Johnson toured with Hank Williams, Jr. between 1970 and 1973.[1]

She died at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, Tennessee, on July 7, 2014.[2]

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions
US Country[1] CAN Country[3]
1969 "Softly and Tenderly" 74
1970 "When He Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)" 48
1971 "From Warm to Cool to Cold" 65
1972 "Rain-Rain" 63
1973 "Love Will Stand" 97
1974 "Come On In and Let Me Love You" 19
"Loving You Will Never Grow Old" 6 10
1975 "You Know Just What I'd Do" 48
"Hope for the Flowers" 95
"The Door's Always Open" 70
1976 "Weep No More My Baby" 87
1977 "Your Pretty Roses Came Too Late" 20
"I Hate Goodbyes" 40
"All the Love We Threw Away" (with Bill Rice) 97
1978 "When I Need You" 63
1984 "It Won't Be Easy" 89

Guest singles

Year Single Collaborator Chart Positions Album
US Country[1] CAN Country[3]
1970 "Removing the Shadow" Hank Williams, Jr. 23 27 Removing the Shadow
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" 12 14
1971 "Send Me Some Lovin'" 14 31 Send Me Some Lovin' and a Whole Lotta Loving
1972 "Whole Lotta Loving" 22 25

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 211–212. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. "East Tennessee country star Lois Johnson dies", knoxnews.com; accessed July 9, 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Search results for Lois Johnson". RPM. Retrieved October 14, 2010.