Comments on: Classic CMA Awards Moments, #16: Jeannie C. Riley in a miniskirt (1968) http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/10/21/classic-cma-awards-moments-16-jeannie-c-riley-in-a-miniskirt-1968/ Sun, 19 May 2013 05:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gail http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/10/21/classic-cma-awards-moments-16-jeannie-c-riley-in-a-miniskirt-1968/#comment-1808 Gail Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:42:58 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/?p=4328#comment-1808 I will always love Harper Valley PTA!! I still sing along when I hear it! In fact I requested it on my oldies radio station just the other day. AWWW, I love HEY JUDE too!

]]> By: Eleven http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/10/21/classic-cma-awards-moments-16-jeannie-c-riley-in-a-miniskirt-1968/#comment-1811 Eleven Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:24:44 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/?p=4328#comment-1811 They still tell the artists they are “commodities” … male and female …. just in different ways.
Music Row is alive and well after all these years.

]]> By: Erik North http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/10/21/classic-cma-awards-moments-16-jeannie-c-riley-in-a-miniskirt-1968/#comment-1809 Erik North Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:21:12 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/?p=4328#comment-1809 It was kind of typical of Nashville to think that way about the female talent they have; they only saw them as a “commodity.” And while it probably doomed Jeannie’s chances of a truly long career, at least she stood her ground on this.

One little irony about “Harper Valley PTA”: it was the only known instance of a country artist who got a #1 pop hit only to have it knocked off that perch by the Beatles (“Hey Jude”).

]]> By: J.R. Journey http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/10/21/classic-cma-awards-moments-16-jeannie-c-riley-in-a-miniskirt-1968/#comment-1810 J.R. Journey Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:38:54 +0000 http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/?p=4328#comment-1810 I must say, all this Jeannie C. love is infectious.

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