KT Oslin

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Kay Toinette "KT" Oslin (* 15. May 1942 in Crossett , Arkansas ; † 21st December 2020 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American country - singer and songwriter . The three-time Grammy winner celebrated her greatest success with country music influenced by pop . She placed 18 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1981 to 2001 , four of them at number one: Do Ya ' (1987), I'll Always Come Back (1988),Hold Me (1989) and Come Next Monday (1990). These great successes were unusual in that she was 45 years old at the time of her breakthrough.

biography

Oslin had already recorded two less successful singles in 1981. Only Clean Your Own Tables reached number 72 on the country charts. As a songwriter, she had hits with songs for Gail Davies (Round the Clock Lovin ') and Sissy Spacek (Lonely But Only for You) . Other singers such as Charly McClain , Judy Rodman , Dottie West , The Judds or Anne Murray also recorded songs by Oslin. It wasn't until 1987 that she achieved her breakthrough as a singer with the album 80's Ladies and the top 10 hit of the same name. In the following years she received not only the Grammy but also the most important awards in country music such as the CMA and the ACM Awards . In 1988 both institutions voted Oslin Singer of the Year . After 1991 she achieved only minor successes.

Oslin also worked as an actress from time to time. Her best-known role was alongside River Phoenix and Sandra Bullock in the movie The Thing Called Love , which is set in the Nashville country scene . In 2018 she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame . KT Oslin, who suffered from Parkinson's disease in the last few years of her life , died on December 21, 2020 after contracting COVID-19 .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1987 80's ladies US68
platinum
platinum

(32 weeks)US 		Country1 (148 weeks)
Country
RCA
1988 This woman US75
platinum
platinum

(52 weeks)US 		Country2 (133 weeks)
Country
RCA
1990 Love in a Small Town US76
gold
gold

(26 weeks)US 		Country5 (71 weeks)
Country
RCA
1996 My Roots Are Showing ... - Country45 (6 weeks)
Country
BNA
2001 Live Close By, Visit Often. - Country35 (11 weeks)
Country
BNA

More studio albums

  • 2015: Simply (Red River)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1993 Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb US126 (7 weeks)
US 		Country31 (24 weeks)
Country

More compilations

  • 1993: A New Way Home
  • 1997: Great hits
  • 1998: At Her Best
  • 2002: RCA Country Legends
  • 2004: All American Country

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
Country Country
1981 Clean Your Own Tables
- 		Country72 (4 weeks)
Country
as Kay T. Oslin
1987 Wall of Tears
80’s Ladies 		Country40 (15 weeks)
Country
80's ladies
80's ladies 		Country7 (21 weeks)
Country
Do ya
80’s ladies 		Country1 (25 weeks)
Country
1988 I'll Always Come Back
80’s Ladies 		Country1 (21 weeks)
Country
Money
This Woman 		Country13 (15 weeks)
Country
Hold Me
This Woman 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country
1989 Hey Bobby
This Woman 		Country2 (19 weeks)
Country
This Woman
This Woman 		Country5 (18 weeks)
Country
Didn't Expect It to Go Down This Way
This Woman 		Country23 (13 weeks)
Country
1990 Two Hearts
Love In a Small Town 		Country73 (3 weeks)
Country
Come Next Monday
Love In a Small Town 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country
1991 Mary and Willie
Love In a Small Town 		Country28 (13 weeks)
Country
You Call Everybody Darling
Love In a Small Town 		Country69 (2 weeks)
Country
Cornell Crawford
Love In a Small Town 		Country63 (3 weeks)
Country
1993 A New Way Home
Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb 		Country64 (3 weeks)
Country
1996 Silver Tongue and Goldplated Lies
My Roots Are Showing ... 		Country64 (5 weeks)
Country
2001 Live Close By, Visit Often
Live Close By, Visit Often 		Country53 (9 weeks)
Country

More singles

  • 1967: Sweet Thang (as Frankie & Johnny)
  • 1982: Younger Men (as Kay T. Oslin)
  • 1994: Feeding a Hungry Heart
  • 1996: My Baby Came Back
  • 2001: Come on-a My House
  • 2001: Drivin ', Cryin', Missin 'You

Video albums

  • 1990: Love in a Small Town (US:goldgold)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KT Oslin ••• Top Songs as Writer ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts. Retrieved December 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Stephen Holden: The Pop Life (Published 1987) . In: The New York Times . August 19, 1987, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed December 3, 2020]).
  3. ^ Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Joseph Hudak: KT Oslin, Country Singer-Songwriter of '80's Ladies,' Dead at 78. In: Rolling Stone. December 21, 2020, accessed December 21, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Chart sources: US
  6. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME Oslin, KT
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oslin, Kay Toinette (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Crossett , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 2020
Place of death Nashville , Tennessee