Jessi Colter

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Jessi Colter (born May 25, 1943 as Mirriam Johnson in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American country singer .

Life

From 1963 to 1968 Colter was married to the guitarist Duane Eddy , with whom she also worked musically. Colter released her first record in 1969. That same year she married country star Waylon Jennings and with him became part of the outlaw movement . Their son Shooter Jennings was born in 1979.

Despite several records produced in the 1970s, Jessi Colter was always overshadowed by her far more famous husband. In 1975, Jessi Colter had her first and only No. 1 success on the Billboard Country Charts with the single I'm Not Lisa . The song she wrote herself and which was produced by Ken Mansfield and Waylon Jennings, reached the top of the country charts on May 24, 1975 and stayed at number 1 for a week. After that, her solo releases were only granted modest hit parade success. Her duet with Waylon Jennings on the title Storms Never Last was somewhat more successful . This release from the album Waylon & Jessi made it into the top ten of the country charts in 1980.

Back in 1978, she was also involved with Jennings at the artistically ambitious but commercially unsuccessful project "White Mansions" in which the songwriter and producer Paul Kennerley the American Civil War from the perspective of some Southern characters processed musically.

In 2017 Colter published her autobiography An Outlaw and a Lady: A Memoir of Music, Life with Waylon, and the Faith That Brought Me Home .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1975 I'm Jessi Colter US40 (27 weeks)
US 		Country4 (41 weeks)
Country
1976 Jessi US109 (8 weeks)
US 		Country4 (16 weeks)
Country
Diamond in the rough US79 (8 weeks)
US 		Country4 (19 weeks)
Country
1977 Mirriam - Country29 (7 weeks)
Country
1978 That's the way a cowboy rocks and rolls - Country46 (7 weeks)
Country
1981 Leather and Lace US43
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US 		Country11 (29 weeks)
Country
2006 Out of the Ashes - Country61 (1 week)
Country

More studio albums

  • 1970: A Country Star Is Born
  • 1981: Ridin 'Shotgun
  • 1984: Rock and Roll Lullaby
  • 1996: Jessi Colter Sings Just for Kids: Songs from Around the World
  • 2017: The Psalms

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1976 Wanted! The Outlaws US10
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(51 weeks)US 		Country1 (187 weeks)
Country
with Tompall Glaser , Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

More compilations

  • 1995: The Jessi Colter Collection
  • 2003: The Very Best of Jessi Colter: An Outlaw ... a Lady

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AT AT US US Country Country
1975 I'm Not Lisa
I'm Jessi Colter 		AT17 (8 weeks)
AT 		US4 (17 weeks)
US 		Country1 (18 weeks)
Country
What's Happened to Blue Eyes
I'm Jessi Colter 		- US57 (5 weeks)
US 		Country5 (17 weeks)
Country
It's Morning (And I Still Love You)
Jessi 		- - Country11 (13 weeks)
Country
1976 Without You
Jessi 		- - Country50 (7 weeks)
Country
I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name
Diamond in the Rough 		- - Country29 (12 weeks)
Country
1978 Maybe You Should've Been Listening
That’s the Way a Cowboy Rocks and Rolls 		- - Country45 (10 weeks)
Country
1979 Love Me Back to Sleep
That’s the Way a Cowboy Rocks and Rolls 		- - Country91 (4 weeks)
Country
1981 Holdin 'On
Ridin' Shotgun 		- - Country70 (4 weeks)
Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
1975 You Ain't Never Been Loved
(Like I'm Gonna Love You)
I'm Jessi Colter 		- US64 (5 weeks)
US 		-

More singles

  • 1961: The Lonesome Road
  • 1961: I Think I Cried Long Enough Over You
  • 1969: I Ain't the One (with Waylon Jennings)
  • 1970: Cry Softly
  • 1971: You Mean to Say
  • 1972: I Don't Wanna Be a One Night Stand
  • 1977: I Belong to Him
  • 1981: Bittersweet Love
  • 1982: Ain't Makin 'No Headlines
  • 1982: Ridin 'Shotgun
  • 1984: I Want to Be With You
  • 1984: Rock and Roll Lullaby
  • 2006: Through the Maze

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
Country Country
1970 Suspicious Minds
Wanted! The Outlaws 		Country2 (24 weeks)
Country
with Waylon Jennings
top placement after re-release in 1976
1971 Under Your Spell Again
Ladies Love Outlaws 		Country39 (8 weeks)
Country
with Waylon Jennings
1981 Storms Never Last
Leather and Lace 		Country17 (12 weeks)
Country
with Waylon Jennings
The Wild Side of Life
Leather and Lace 		Country10 (13 weeks)
Country
with Waylon Jennings

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Colter's biography on their website
  2. ↑ For more information on the song, see Roland, Tom: The Billboard Book Of Number One Country Hits . New York City / New York: Billboard Books; London: Guinness Publishing Ltd., 1991, pp. 141f
  3. ↑ https://countryrebel.com/blogs/videos/waylon-jennings-widow-jessi-colter-to-release-tell-all-book-about-their-marriage
  4. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: AT US
  5. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: US

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Colter, Jessi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Mirriam (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Phoenix , Arizona