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Jeannie C. Riley Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson; October 19, 1945) is an American country music and gospel music, gospel singing, singer. She is best known for her 1968 country music, country and pop music, pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which mi ...

. Released in November 1968, it was the first single from her album ''Yearbooks and Yesterdays''. The song was written by the songwriting team of Margaret Lewis and Mira Smith, who also wrote the hits "The Rib", "Country Girl", and "Oh Singer" for Riley. The song peaked at number 6 on the ''

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chart. It also reached number 1 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Chart performance

References

1968 singles Jeannie C. Riley songs Songs written by Margaret Lewis (singer-songwriter) 1968 songs Songs written by Mira Ann Smith {{1960s-country-song-stub