Pam Tillis

Pam Tillis (born July 24, 1957 in Plant City, Florida) is an American country music singer and actress. Image File history File links Pam_Tillis. ... Image File history File links Pam_Tillis. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Plant City is a city located in Hillsborough County, Florida, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began...

The daughter of singer Mel Tillis, she grew up in Nashville, Tennessee surrounded by music. At age eight, she sang on the Grand Ole Opry. Lonnie Melvin Tillis (born August 8th, 1932 in Tampa, Florida) is a country music singer/songwriter, and actor. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Music City Location Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Tennessee Davidson County Founded: Incorporated: 1780 1806 Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 526. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

Pam Tillis has had six No.1 hits on the country music charts and in 1994 was named the Country Music Association "Female Vocalist of the Year." In 1999, she earned a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... The Country Music Association (CMA) was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals was first awarded in 1988. ...

As well as singing, she has acted in guest spots on television and on stage in the Tennessee Repertory production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and on Broadway in "Smokey Joe's Café" that ran from 1995 to 2000. Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2000, Pam became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Pam also appeared on the Opry's 75th Birthday special on CBS, performing an original song she wrote as a tribute to Minnie Pearl called "Two Dollar Hat". This article is about the year 2000. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Minnie Pearl was the stage name of Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 - March 4, 1996). ...

Billboard Top Ten country hits include: Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

• "Don't Tell Me What to Do" (1990)
• "One of Those Things" (1991)
• "Maybe It Was Memphis" (1991)
• "Shake the Sugar Tree" (1992)
• "Cleopatra (Queen Of Denial)" (1993)
• "Let That Pony Run" (1992)
• "Spilled Perfume" (1994)
• a remake of Jackie DeShannon's "When You Walk in the Room" (1994)
• "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" (1994)
• "In Between Dances" (1995)
• "Deep Down" (1995)
• "The River and the Highway" (1996)
• "All the Good Ones Are Gone" (1997)
• "Land of the Living" (1997)

Jackie DeShannon, real name Sharon Lee Myers, (born August 21, 1944) is an American singer/songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. ...

Album discography

• Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey (1983)
• Put Yourself in My Place (1991)
• Homeward Looking Angel (1992)
• Sweetheart's Dance (1994)
• All of This Love (1995)
• Every Time (1998)
• Thunder and Roses (2001)
• It's All Relative (2002)

Pam Tillis was not the first daughter of a country music legend to start her career with a basically rock album; Carlene Carter had done it several years before. ... Although widely accepted as the début album by Pam Tillis Put Yourself in My Place is actually second to the obscure decade-earlier Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey. ... Homeward Looking Angel was a #23 album on the Billboard charts. ... Sweethearts Dance is the highest ranking album for Pam Tillis on the Billboard charts, at #6. ... All of This Love rose to #25 on the Billboard country albums charts. ... Every Time rose to #26 on the Billboard country albums charts. ...

Trivia

Tillis is a member of the Nashville political organization Music City Democrats, which focuses on counteracting country music's popular image as a conservative, Republican-aligned musical genre.

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