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American Girl (album)
''American Girl'' is the eleventh solo studio album by country pop singer Juice Newton It was released by Renaissance Records in 1999. Following the release of her 1989 album ''Ain't Gonna Cry'', Newton had concentrated largely on concert performing until the release of ''The Trouble With Angels'' in 1998. However, that album was made up largely of new renditions of songs she had recorded in the past. Thus ''American Girl'' marked her first recording of original material in twelve years. Overview Juice Newton began her recording career in 1975 but did not achieve major stardom until the release of her 1981 album '' Juice''. The album was a crossover success and yielded three hit singles, " Angel of the Morning", "Queen of Hearts", and "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)". The last of these peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Chart. She followed ''Juice'' with ''Quiet Lies'' (1982), an album that brought her more hits, including "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juice Newton
Judith Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 1983as well as an ACM Award for Top New Female Artist and two consecutive ''Billboard'' Female Album Artist of the Year awards. Newton's other awards include a People's Choice Award for "Best Female Vocalist" and the Australian Music Media's "Number One International Country Artist". Newton has several Gold and Platinum records to her credit, including '' Juice'', ''Quiet Lies'' and her first ''Greatest Hits'' album. During the 1980s, she charted 14 Top-10 hits across the ''Billboard'' Country, AC, and Hot 100 charts, with many of the recordings achieving crossover success and six of the songs hitting the No. 1 position. Early years Newton was born in Lakehurst, New Jersey, but graduated from First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach, Virg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me
"Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" is a song written by Gary Burr and recorded by the American country-pop singer Juice Newton for her album '' Quiet Lies''. The recording garnered Newton a Grammy nomination for Best Female Vocalist in the Pop category. Music video The music video for this song comically plays off the ''emotional'' hurt of love by showing Juice Newton being ''physically'' injured by her lover in a series of accidents. The final shot is of Newton singing in the hospital in a full-body cast with her broken leg in the air. The video was awarded Video of the Year by the American Video Association in 1982. Personnel *Philip Aaberg – keyboards *Michael Boddicker – synthesizer *George Doering – guitar *Steve Forman – percussion *Andrew Gold – electric guitar and solo, backing vocals *Chris – backing vocals *Juice Newton – guitar (uncredited on LP), lead vocals *Rick Shlosser – drums *Harry Stinson – backing vocals * Neil Stubenhaus – bass *Fred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Looks (album)
''Dirty Looks'' is the fifth solo album by the American country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released by Capitol Records in 1983. Overview ''Dirty Looks'' was Newton's follow-up to ''Juice'' (her "breakthrough" album) and ''Quiet Lies''. Both had been major hits for Capitol and, between them, had produced six top ten singles. With their success, Capitol seemed determined more than ever to push Newton further into the pop market. ''Dirty Looks'' was not as successful as ''Juice'' and ''Quiet Lies'' and produced only three modest hits. "Tell Her No", a reworking of The Zombies's 1965 top ten hit, peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Pop chart while "Dirty Looks" only reached number 90. "Stranger at My Door" had a modest peak at number 45 on the Billboard Country chart. In summing up the album's modest success, the music critic Ian McFarlane noted, "The first clue was the album cover which featured a series of nine photos of Juice looking bright, playful and not a little coy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain't Gonna Cry
''Ain't Gonna Cry'' is the ninth solo studio album by American country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released by RCA Records in 1989 and was Newton's final album for the label as well as her last album for several years. Though no singles were released to stores, the promotional single, "When Love Comes Around The Bend", peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on June 17, 1989. The album also contains Newton's cover version of "Then He Kissed Me", a top ten hit for The Crystals in 1963. Track listing Personnel * Mike Baird - drums * Greg Barnhill - backing vocals * Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Larry Byrom - electric guitar * Lenny Castro - percussion * Gail Davies - backing vocals * George Doering - electric guitar, acoustic guitar * Assa Drori - violin * John Hall - electric guitar, keyboards * John Hobbs - piano * Mary Ann Kennedy - backing vocals * Craig Krampf - drum programming * Larry M. Lee - backing vocals * Josh Leo - elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emotion (Juice Newton Album)
''Emotion'' is the eighth solo studio album by American country pop singer Juice Newton. It was released by RCA Records in 1987 and was the last of Newton's albums to appear on the Billboard charts. Overview Juice Newton began her recording career in 1975 but did not achieve major stardom until the release of her 1981 album '' Juice''. The album was a crossover success and yielded three hit singles, " Angel of the Morning", "Queen of Hearts", and "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)". The last of these peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Chart. She followed ''Juice'' with ''Quiet Lies'' (1982), an album that brought her two more hits, "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" and "Break It to Me Gently", of which the latter earned her the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. Newton's 1985 album '' Old Flame'' was her country breakthrough, spawning three number one hits "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine", " Hurt", and the duet with Eddie Rabbitt " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Can I Do With My Heart
"What Can I Do with My Heart " is a song recorded by American country music artist Juice Newton. It was released in December 1986 as the fifth single from the original version of the '' Old Flame'' album (subsequent editions of the album contained eight to eleven tracks). In 1987, the song reached #9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Notably, the song was written by Newton's long-time musical partner Otha Young, who also penned Newton's first number-one country hit, "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" is a country- pop song written by Otha Young for Juice Newton in the mid-1970s. Newton was known for charting hits on the Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Hot Country charts - and this song has the distincti ...". Charts References 1985 songs 1987 singles Juice Newton songs Songs written by Otha Young RCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Richard Landis {{1985-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheap Love
"Cheap Love" is a song written and recorded by Del Shannon for his 1983 album ''Drop Down and Get Me''. The song became a top-ten hit for Juice Newton in 1986. Juice Newton version American country music singer Juice Newton released her rendition of "Cheap Love" on the album ''Old Flame''. By 1985, Newton's stardom as a country pop singer had waned and her 1985 album, '' Old Flame'', took her in an emphatically country music direction with great success as its first two singles, "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" and " Hurt", both reached of which topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart. After a third single release, " Old Flame", reached number five on the same chart, RCA elected to release "Cheap Love" as a fourth single from the album in August 1986. The single peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart. "Cheap Love" was later covered by Marty Stuart, under the name "Sweet Love", for his 1996 album ''Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best ''Honky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Flame (Juice Newton Song)
"Old Flame" is a song written by Reed Nielsen, and recorded by American country music artist Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 1983as well .... It was released in April 1986 as the third single and title track from her 1985 album ''Old Flame (Juice Newton album), Old Flame''. Originally recorded and released by Poco as "This Old Flame" in 1984 from their album ''Inamorata_(album), Inamorata'', their version failed to chart. The song reached No. 5 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs, Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Charts References 1986 singles 1984 songs Poco songs Juice Newton songs RCA Records Nashville singles Song recordings produced by Richard Landis Songs written by Reed Nielsen {{1985-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends And Lovers (Gloria Loring And Carl Anderson Song)
"Friends and Lovers" is a song written by Jay Gruska and Paul Gordon. The song was first recorded as a duet by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson in 1985 for the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', produced by Doug Lenier. That recording remained unreleased until the summer of 1986, when it was released shortly after a version by Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbitt hit country radio. The country version featured the altered title of "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)". Pop version Gloria Loring is a singer and actress who beginning in 1980 portrayed the character Liz Chandler on the American soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. Her character was a lounge singer, so Loring was often called upon to perform on-screen; one of the songs she performed during this period was "Friends and Lovers". The song became the theme music for one of the popular supercouples on the show in the mid 1980s, Shane Donovan and Kimberly Brady (portrayed by Charles Shaughnessy and Patsy Pease).Hyatt, Wesley ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Rabbitt
Edward Thomas Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and " Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as " Suspicions", "I Love a Rainy Night" (a number-one hit single on the Billboard Hot 100), and "Every Which Way but Loose" (the theme from the film of the same title). His duets " Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" with Juice Newton and " You and I" with Crystal Gayle later appeared on the soap operas ''Days of Our Lives'' and ''All My Children''. Early life Rabbitt was born to Irish immigrants Thomas Michael and Mae (née Joyce) Rabbitt in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, in 1941, and was raised in the nearby community of Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurt (Roy Hamilton Song)
"Hurt" is a 1954 song by Jimmie Crane and Al Jacobs. "Hurt" was originally performed by Roy Hamilton, whose version peaked at number eight on the R&B Best Seller chart and spent a total of seven weeks on the chart. A version by Ricky Denell also received considerable radio airplay in 1954 on pop radio stations. The song is considered to be the signature hit of Timi Yuro, whose version went to number four on the ''Billboard'' pop chart in 1961. Juice Newton's 1985 version scored number one on ''Billboard''s Country chart. Cover versions *In 1961, Timi Yuro's version of "Hurt" reached No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while reaching No. 2 on ''Billboard''s Easy Listening chart and No. 22 on the R&B chart. *In 1964, Little Anthony and the Imperials recorded a version on their album,"Goin' Out Of My Head". This version was a chart hit, reaching #51 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, 2 years later (1966). *In 1967, Dalida - A qui? (Hurt). *In 1967, the Italian singer Fausto Leali h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Make Me Want To Make You Mine
"You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" is a song written by Dave Loggins, and recorded by American country music artist Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton (born February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 1983as well .... It was released in June 1985 as the first single from the album '' Old Flame''. The song was Newton's second number 1 hit on the U.S. Country chart as a solo artist. The single stayed at number 1 for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. In 1986, the song garnered Newton her fifth "Best Female Vocal Performance" Grammy nomination. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References 1985 singles Juice Newton songs Songs written by Dave Loggins RCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Richard Landis 1985 songs {{1985-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
