Juice Newton

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Juice Newton (2009)

Judy Kay "Juice" Newton (* 18th February 1952 at Lakehurst Naval Base, New Jersey ) is an American country - pop singer .

Between 1976 and 1989 her 26 hits hit the American country charts. Including the gold-winning singles Angel of the Morning and Queen of Hearts , which were also internationally successful in 1981. In 1983 she was awarded a Grammy.

Career

Newton, called "Juice" since childhood, grew up in Virginia . She started playing the guitar at the age of 13. She initially preferred rhythm and blues , but in the late 1960s she was caught up in the enthusiasm for folk music that flared up in the USA . During her college days she made music in small clubs and coffee houses. Besides music, horses and polo were her great passions.

With her friend, the guitarist and songwriter Otha Young, she founded the rock formation Dixie Peach and a year later the folk-rock trio Juice Newton & Silver Spur . In 1975 they moved to Los Angeles, where they were signed to the RCA label a little later . Two moderately successful albums and a few singles were released. In 1978 Newton & Silver Spur moved to Capitol . The first album on the new label also sold poorly and so Silver Spur broke up. From now on Newton appeared as a soloist. She continued to be supported by Otha Young.

After Newton was able to position several singles in the country charts in the late 1970s, she finally made her commercial breakthrough in 1981 with the long-playing record Juice . The album, recorded under producer Richard Landis, was sold over a million times and went platinum. The decoupled singles Angel of the Morning (originally by Merrilee Rush , 1968) and Queen of Hearts reached high placements in both the pop and country charts. The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) , written by Otah Young, was her first number 1 hit in the country charts. In the same year she was voted best young singer of the year by the Academy of Country Music .

Her next album, Quiet Lies , released in 1982 , was equally successful. Again several hit singles were released: Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me , Break It to Me Gently and Heart of the Night . The album itself went gold and earned it a Grammy . This was followed by a brief dry spell, which was quickly overcome after a return to RCA in 1984. The highlight was an appearance in front of President Ronald Reagan .

A stronger orientation towards country music was the trigger for her streak of success from the mid-1980s. Several number 1 hits and top 10 placements were achieved in quick succession. You Make Me Want to Make You Mine , Hurt (both 1985) and Both to Each Other (Friends & Lovers) (1986), sung with Eddie Rabbitt , reached number one on the country charts. In the late 1980s her sales figures and chart positions fell, but she continued to release albums and is still touring the United States regularly.

2005 Newton participated in the American variant of the comeback show Hit Me, Baby, One More Time part and sang beside her hit Queen of Hearts also Pieces of Me by Ashlee Simpson . However, she had to admit defeat to PM Dawn in the preliminary round . In autumn 2010 an album followed with duets, including with Melissa Manchester , Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson .

Private

Juice Newton has been married to Tom Goodspeed since 1985. The two have two children: Jessica and Tyler. The family lives in San Diego .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1981 Juice - - - - US22nd
platinum
platinum

(86 weeks)US
First published: February 9, 1981
1982 Quiet Lies - - - - US20th
gold
gold

(46 weeks)US
First published: May 10, 1982
1983 Dirty looks - - - - US52 (15 weeks)
US
First published: August 19, 1983
1984 Can't Wait All Night - - - - US128 (10 weeks)
US
First published: June 18, 1984

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1984 Greatest hits - - - - US178
gold
gold

(5 weeks)US
First published: June 15, 1984

more publishments

  • 1975: Juice Newton and Silver Spur (with Silver Spur)
  • 1976: After the Dust Settles (with Silver Spur)
  • 1977: Come to Me (with Silver Spur)
  • 1978: Well Kept Secret
  • 1979: Take Heart
  • 1984: Greatest Hits (and More)
  • 1985: Old Flame
  • 1987: emotion
  • 1989: Ain't Gonna Cry
  • 1990: Greatest Country Hits
  • 1992: The Early Years
  • 1994: Emotions
  • 1998: Anthology
  • 1998: The Trouble with Angels
  • 1999: American Girl
  • 2002: Country Classics
  • 2002: Every Road Leads Back to You
  • 2003: All American Country
  • 2005: American Girl Volume II
  • 2007: The Gift of Christmas
  • 2010: Duets: Friends & Memories
  • 2011: The Ultimate Hits Collection

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1977 It's a heartache - - - - US86 (3 weeks)
US
First published: November 1977
1981 Angel of the Morning
Juice 		DE23 (16 weeks)
DE 		AT7 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH4 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK43 (6 weeks)
UK 		US4th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: February 1981
Queen of Hearts
Juice 		DE39 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH6 (7 weeks)
CH 		- US2
gold
gold

(27 weeks)US
First published: June 1981
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)
Juice 		- - - - US7 (24 weeks)
US
First published: October 1981
1982 Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me
Quiet Lies 		- - - - US7 (17 weeks)
US
First published: May 1982
Break It to Me Gently
Quiet Lies 		- - - - US11 (17 weeks)
US
First published: August 1982
Heart of the Night
Quiet Lies 		- - - - US25 (16 weeks)
US
First published: November 1982
1983 Tell Her No
Dirty Looks 		- - - - US27 (11 weeks)
US
First published: July 1983
Dirty looks
Dirty looks 		- - - - US90 (3 weeks)
US
First published: October 1983
1984 A Little Love
Can't Wait All Night 		- - - - US44 (10 weeks)
US
First published: May 1984
Can't Wait All Night
Can't Wait All Night 		- - - - US66 (6 weeks)
US
First published: July 1984

More singles

  • 1978: Hey! infant
  • 1979: Let's Keep It That Way
  • 1979: Lay Back in the Arms of Someone
  • 1979: Any Way That You Want Me
  • 1979: Until Tonight
  • 1980: Sunshine
  • 1980: You Fill My Life
  • 1983: Stranger at My Door
  • 1984: Ride 'Em Cowboy
  • 1984: Restless Heart
  • 1985: You Make Me Want to Make You Mine
  • 1985: Hurt
  • 1986: Old Flame
  • 1986: Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)
  • 1986: Cheap Love
  • 1986: What Can I Do with My Heart
  • 1987: First Time Caller
  • 1987: Tell Me True
  • 1989: When Love Comes Around the Bend

Awards

  • 1981: ACM - Top New Female Vocalist
  • 1983: Grammy - Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Web links

Commons : Juice Newton  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Country Songs 1944-2005 . 2005, pp. 270-271, ISBN 0-89820-165-9 .
  2. ↑ Chart placements hitparade.ch
  3. ↑ Biography , IMDB
  4. ↑ Dystonia Benefit Interview , Inside San Diego, 2006 (YouTube)
  5. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  6. ↑ a b Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME Newton, Juice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Newton, Judith Kay (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Lakehurst Naval Base, New Jersey