Lois Johnson Scoggins (May 15, 1942 – July 7, 2014) professionally known as Lois Johnson was an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer. She was from
Maynardville, Tennessee
Maynardville (originally named Liberty) is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Tennessee, United States. The city was named to honor Horace Maynard, who successfully defended the creation of Union County from a challenge from Knox Co ...
. She recorded for different labels between 1969 and 1978, charted twenty singles on the
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States.
This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
charts. Her highest chart peak was "Loving You Will Never Grow Old", which reached No. 6 in 1975.
Johnson toured with
Hank Williams Jr.
Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and country. He is the son of ...
between 1970 and 1973.
She died at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, Tennessee, on July 7, 2014.
"East Tennessee country star Lois Johnson dies"
knoxnews.com; accessed July 9, 2014.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Singles with Hank Williams Jr.
References
1942 births
2014 deaths
American country singer-songwriters
American women country singers
MGM Records artists
People from Maynardville, Tennessee
Singer-songwriters from Tennessee
Country musicians from Tennessee
21st-century American women
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