Album: The Generation Gap
Year: 1970
Style: Country Pop, Southern Bluesy Rock
Similar Bands: Tammy Wynette, Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton, Dusty Springfield, Lorletta Lynn, Connie Smith
"One-Word" Review: Spunky Country Oldies
Based Out Of: Stamford, TX
Label: Plantation Records, Shelby Singleton Corp.
Cover, Record
Back, Record
The Generation Gap (1969)- The Generation Gap 2:44 (single B-side)
- Fine Feathered Friend 3:25
- Words, Names, Faces 2:03
- My Man 2:58 (single)
- He Made A Woman Out Of Me 2:15 /
- Duty Not Desire 2:26 (single)
- Games People Play 2:54
- Darkness Falls 2:49
- Holdin' On 2:02
- Okie From Muskogee 2:35
- To the Other Woman 2:45
Members & Other Bands:
- Southern Graphics Industry - Design & packaging
- The Belmont Agency - Cover Photo
- Jeannie C. Riley - Vox
- Shelby Singleton Jr - Producer
Album Review: There is a lot of pop, catchy melodies, and slightly psych production to fit into the 60's mod sound, but there is also the same amount of country/gospel bluesy swagger to the songs, and Riley's vocals are versatile enough to easily handle both sounds. In 1968, she won the Grammy award for best female country vocal performance on Harper Valley PTA, which held the #1 Billboard spot for both pop & country and spawned movies and tv series, along with a major network variety show for her. Due to the content of the song: a widowed mother who dated and dressed in the 60's mini skit and go go boots style responded to a hypocritical PTA who judged her style negatively, she herself was pressured to match that style against her personal comfort. In the late 70's she became born-again and focused her recordings on gospel music. The songs on here were written by an array of people from Margaret Lewis & Myra Smith (4 tracks), Merle Haggard "Okie From Muskogee" and even Gary US Bonds + Swamp Dogg: Jerry Williams Jr "To The Other Woman," which is kind of a companion piece to her Harper Valley PTA single. Before she moved to Nashville, just out of high school, her four year marriage produced a daughter, Kim, in 1966, who later would accompany her on stage, singing back up, touring with her, and trying out her own career as Riley Coyle.
Stand Out Track: The Generation Gap
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