Barbara Fairchild
Barbara Fairchild (born November 1, 1950 in Knobel , Arkansas ) is an American country singer and songwriter.
Beginnings
At the age of five, Barbara Fairchild first drew attention to herself by winning a talent competition. When she was fifteen, she recorded a single for a small label and first appeared on a television show. After graduating from high school, she set off for Nashville with a few songs she had written herself . Here she got a job as a songwriter in a music publisher.
Career
In 1969 she signed a record deal with the Columbia label. Her first singles reached middle places in the top 100 until her first and only number 1 hit in 1972 with Teddy Bear Song . The song stayed at the top of the country charts for two weeks and even made it into the pop hit parade. There was a Grammy nomination and several television appearances, including a BBC special in the UK.
In the years that followed, Fairchild scored several top 10 hits, but could not stop the gradual decline in sales. Her career came to an end at the end of the 1970s. Their marriage failed and she left Nashville. A short time later she played a series of not particularly successful duets with Billy Walker . A come-back attempt in Nashville failed in 1984. Finally she turned to gospel music, where she was able to establish herself in the Christian music scene in 1989 as a member of the trio Heirloom.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 Country
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| 1971 | Love's Old Song |
Country31 (4 weeks) Country |
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| 1972 | A sweeter love |
Country17 (17 weeks) Country |
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| 1973 | Kid stuff |
Country14 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 1974 | Love is a Gentle Thing |
Country33 (8 weeks) Country |
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| Standing in your line |
Country29 (6 weeks) Country |
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| 1976 | Mississippi |
Country49 (2 weeks) Country |
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| 1977 | Free and Easy |
Country48 (2 weeks) Country |
More albums
- 1970: Someone Special
- 1975: Barbara Fairchild
- 1978: Greatest Hits
- 1979: This Is Me!
- 1980: Bye Bye Love (with Billy Walker )
- 1982: The Biggest Hurt
- 1991: The Light
- 1993: Son in My Eyes
- 1995: Stories
- 1995: Hymns That Last Forever
- 1998: Classic Country
- 1999: Rocky Top
- 2000: Then and Now
- 2000: All Is Forgiven (with Roy Morris)
- 2001: For God and Country (with Roy Morris)
- 2002: Wings of a Dove
- 2003: Love Never Fails (with Connie Smith & Sharon White)
- 2003: Forever Friend
- 2006: Connie Smith
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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US
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Country
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| 1969 | Love Is a Gentle Thing Someone Special |
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Country69 (5 weeks) Country |
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| A Woman's Hand Someone Special |
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Country66 (6 weeks) Country |
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| 1970 | A Girl Who'll Satisfy Her Man Someone Special |
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Country26 (11 weeks) Country |
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| Find Out What's Happenin ' Someone Special |
- |
Country52 (6 weeks) Country |
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| 1971 | (Loving You Is) Sunshine |
- |
Country33 (10 weeks) Country |
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| What do you do |
- |
Country62 (8 weeks) Country |
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| Love's Old Song Love’s Old Song |
- |
Country28 (11 weeks) Country |
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| 1972 | Color My World Love’s Old Song |
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Country38 (7 weeks) Country |
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| Thanks for the Mem'ries A Sweeter Love |
- |
Country29 (10 weeks) Country |
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| A Sweeter Love (I'll Never Know) A Sweeter Love |
- |
Country53 (9 weeks) Country |
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| The Teddy Bear Song A Sweeter Love |
US32 (19 weeks) US |
Country1 (19 weeks) Country |
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| 1973 | Kid Stuff Kid Stuff |
US95 (5 weeks) US |
Country2 (16 weeks) Country |
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| 1974 | Baby Doll Kid Stuff |
- |
Country6 (14 weeks) Country |
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| Standing in Your Line Standing in Your Line |
- |
Country17 (13 weeks) Country |
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| Little girl feeling |
- |
Country31 (10 weeks) Country |
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| 1975 | Let's Love While We Can Barbara Fairchild |
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Country52 (10 weeks) Country |
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| You've Lost That Lovin 'Feelin' Barbara Fairchild |
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Country41 (11 weeks) Country |
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| I Just Love Being a Woman Barbara Fairchild |
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Country63 (8 weeks) Country |
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| 1976 | Under Your Spell Again Mississippi |
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Country65 (7 weeks) Country |
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| Mississippi Mississippi |
- |
Country31 (11 weeks) Country |
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| Cheatin 'is Mississippi |
- |
Country15 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 1977 | Let Me Love You Once Before You Go Mississippi |
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Country22 (14 weeks) Country |
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| For All the Right Reasons Free and Easy |
- |
Country49 (8 weeks) Country |
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| 1978 | The Other Side of the Morning Free and Easy |
- |
Country72 (6 weeks) Country |
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| She Can't Give It Away Free and Easy |
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Country96 (3 weeks) Country |
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| It's Sad to Go to the Funeral (Of a Good Love That Has Died) This Is Me! |
- |
Country91 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 1980 | Let Me Be the One Bye Bye Love |
- |
Country74 (5 weeks) Country |
with Billy Walker
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| Bye Bye Love Bye Bye Love |
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Country70 (7 weeks) Country |
with Billy Walker
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| Love's Slipping Through our Fingers Bye Bye Love |
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Country79 (3 weeks) Country |
with Billy Walker
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| 1986 | Just riding around |
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Country84 (4 weeks) Country |
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More singles
- 1982: The Biggest Hurt
- 1986: All My Cloudy Days Are Gone
- 1987: Too Much Love
- 2003: Closer to Home (with Connie Smith & Sharon White)
- 2004: Love Never Fails (with Connie Smith & Sharon White)
- 2006: He Kept On Loving Me
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fairchild, Barbara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Knobel , Arkansas |