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50s Uptempo Country Pop - Hillbilly Bopper from Ozark Jubilee TV Show May 27, 1960 Margaret Louise Ebey (born October 12, 1935), known professionally as Margie Singleton, is an American country music singer and songwriter.
In the 1960s, she was a popular duet and solo recording artist, working with country stars George Jones and Faron Young.
Margie Singleton had her biggest hit with Faron Young called "Keeping Up with the Joneses" in 1964.
She managed a successful solo career in the 1960s.
She was born in Coushatta, Louisiana, United States.
As a young child, she was influenced by blues and gospel music.
In 1949, at the age of 13, she married Shelby Singleton.
They worked at a munitions plant near Shreveport, Louisiana during the Korean War.
She began to play guitar and write songs as a teenager after the birth of her first child, Stephen Singleton, in 1950.
She had her second son, Sidney Singleton, in 1955.In 1957, she signed with Starday Records, and released her first single that same year called "One Step (Nearer To You)".
The flip side of the single was called "Not What He's Got".
Both of these songs were self-penned.
In 1958, she made her radio and professional debut on Louisiana Hayride. That same year, she released other 2 singles "Nothing But True Love" and "Teddy" with a great b-side, the outstanding Rockabilly "Oo-Wee (You're The One For Me) all penned by Her and Shelby Singleton.
"Nothing But True Love" was more successful, becoming a minor hit on the country music chart, reaching the top 25.
She regularly appeared on Louisiana Hayride before moving to Jubilee USA in 1960.
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Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day.
It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.
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50s Uptempo Country Pop - Hillbilly Bopper from Ozark Jubilee TV Show May 27, 1960 Margaret Louise Ebey (born October 12, 1935), known professionally as Margie Singleton, is an American country music singer and songwriter.
In the 1960s, she was a popular duet and solo recording artist, working with country stars George Jones and Faron Young.
Margie Singleton had her biggest hit with Faron Young called "Keeping Up with the Joneses" in 1964.
She managed a successful solo career in the 1960s.
She was born in Coushatta, Louisiana, United States.
As a young child, she was influenced by blues and gospel music.
In 1949, at the age of 13, she married Shelby Singleton.
They worked at a munitions plant near Shreveport, Louisiana during the Korean War.
She began to play guitar and write songs as a teenager after the birth of her first child, Stephen Singleton, in 1950.
She had her second son, Sidney Singleton, in 1955.In 1957, she signed with Starday Records, and released her first single that same year called "One Step (Nearer To You)".
The flip side of the single was called "Not What He's Got".
Both of these songs were self-penned.
In 1958, she made her radio and professional debut on Louisiana Hayride. That same year, she released other 2 singles "Nothing But True Love" and "Teddy" with a great b-side, the outstanding Rockabilly "Oo-Wee (You're The One For Me) all penned by Her and Shelby Singleton.
"Nothing But True Love" was more successful, becoming a minor hit on the country music chart, reaching the top 25.
She regularly appeared on Louisiana Hayride before moving to Jubilee USA in 1960.
__________________________________________________________________________
Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day.
It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.
#Hillbilly #Music #CountryMusic
