Calamity Jane was an American all-female country music band composed of Mary Fielder ( guitar), Mary Ann Kennedy (

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), Linda Moore ( bass guitar) and Pam Rose (

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). The band recorded for

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between 1981 and 1982, charting four times on the ''

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'' Hot Country Singles (now

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) charts, including the No. 44 "I've Just Seen a Face" (by Lennon- McCartney from The Beatles) from 1982. Prior to the quartet's foundation, Rose had been a solo recording artist on Capitol and

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. After 1982, Kennedy and Rose split from the band and formed a singing-songwriting duo called

Kennedy Rose Kennedy Rose was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Mary Ann Kennedy and Pam Rose. Both members of the duo previously recorded in the all-women band Calamity Jane on Columbia Records in the 1980s. After splitting from the ...

, writing hits for Restless Heart, Lee Greenwood and Martina McBride in addition to recording two albums for IRS Records.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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