Pam Tillis

Pam Tillis

Pam Tillis (* 24. July 1957 in Plant City , Florida ) is an American with the Grammy excellent Country singer and - songwriter .

Beginnings

As the daughter of Mel Tillis , Pam Tillis came into contact with country music at an early age . She first received classical piano training and then taught herself to play the guitar. At the age of eight she was on stage with her father for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry . As a teenager, she won several talent competitions. She soon broke away from her family environment and began studying rock and folk music. At the age of 16, Tillis had a serious car accident with numerous facial fractures. It took five years to recover after a long series of operations.

During college she formed a folk duo with Ashley Cleveland. She also worked as a songwriter for her father's music publishing house. In 1976 she dropped out of college and moved to San Francisco with friends . Here she founded the “Pam Tillis Band”, which was renamed “Freelight” a little later and played a mix of jazz and rock. Two years later, Pam Tillis returned to Nashville and briefly joined her father's backing band.

Career

After Pam Tillis made a name for herself as a songwriter in the pop and country scene, she received a record deal from the Warner label in 1983. Her debut album, Beyond The Doll Of Cutey , was released that same year . The single Goodbye Highway was able to place in the rear area of ​​the Country Top 100. Other smaller hits followed. The commercial breakthrough came in 1990 after switching to Arista Records and a reorientation towards contemporary country music. Her first album, Put Yourself In My Place , was gilded . She co-wrote most of her songs. The single Don't Tell Me What To Do made it to number five on the country charts, and May Be it Was Memphis reached number three.

Tilli's next album, Homeward Looking Angel , released in 1992 , went platinum. Once again, several singles that were released were able to place in the top 10. In 1994 she had a number 1 hit with Mi Vida Loca . In the same year she received the CMA Award for "Singer of the Year". Her next singles were also successful. The albums Sweetheart's Dance and All Of This Love were awarded platinum and gold respectively. In 1998 she was awarded a Grammy. At the end of the decade, their sales fell. Her greatest hits album was awarded a platinum record in 2001. In 2002 the Epic label released an album dedicated to her father.

Since 2013 Tillis has had several guest appearances in the successful CMT country series Nashville .

Since 2009 she has performed as a duo with Lorrie Morgan , daughter of country singer George Morgan . So far, two albums have been made: Grits And Glamor: Dos Divas (2013) and Come See Me and Come Lonely (2017). In addition, she tours regularly with Morgan and in 2018 as the Trio Chicks with Hits with Suzy Bogguss and Terri Clark .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1991	Put Yourself In My Place	US69 gold (23 weeks)US	Country10 (80 weeks) Country	Arista
1992	Homeward Looking Angel	US82 platinum (42 weeks)US	Country23 (70 weeks) Country	Arista
1994	Sweetheart's Dance	US51 platinum (37 weeks)US	Country6 (78 weeks) Country	Arista
1995	All Of This Love	US151 gold (2 weeks)US	Country25 (30 weeks) Country	Arista
1998	Every time	-	Country24 (18 weeks) Country	Arista
2001	Thunder and Roses	US184 (1 week) US	Country24 (7 weeks) Country	Arista
2002	It's all relative	-	Country54 (4 weeks) Country	Epic

More albums

• 1983: Above and Beyond The Doll Of Cutey (Warner)
• 2007: RhineStoned (Stellar Cat)
• 2007: Just in Time for Christmas (Stellar Cat)

Collaboration albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2013	Dos Divas	-	Country62 (4 weeks) Country	Red River with Lorrie Morgan

More collaboration albums

• 2017: Come See Me And Come Lonely (with Lorrie Morgan)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1997	Greatest hits	US47 platinum (21 weeks)US	Country6 (66 weeks) Country

More compilations

• 1994: Pam Tillis Collection
• 1999: great hits
• 2002: RCA Country Legends
• 2003: All American Country
• 2004: great hits
• 2012: ReCollection

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Country
1984	Goodbye Highway	Country71 (5 weeks) Country
1986	Those Memories of You	Country55 (8 weeks) Country
	I Thought I'd About Had It with Love	Country67 (4 weeks) Country
1987	I Wish She Wouldn't Treat You That Way	Country68 (6 weeks) Country
	There Goes My Love	Country71 (6 weeks) Country
1990	Don't Tell Me What to Do Put Yourself in My Place	Country5 (20 weeks) Country
1991	One of Those Things Put Yourself in My Place	Country6 (20 weeks) Country	New recording originally published in 1985
	Put Yourself in My Place Put Yourself in My Place	Country11 (20 weeks) Country
	Maybe It Was Memphis Put Yourself in My Place	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
1992	Blue Rose Is Put Yourself in My Place	Country21 (20 weeks) Country
	Shake the Sugar Tree Homeward Looking Angel	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
1993	Let That Pony Run Homeward Looking Angel	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	Cleopatra, Queen of Denial Homeward Looking Angel	Country11 (20 weeks) Country
	Do You Know Where Your Man Is Homeward Looking Angel	Country16 (20 weeks) Country
1994	Spilled Perfume Sweetheart’s Dance	Country5 (20 weeks) Country
	When You Walk in the Room Sweetheart’s Dance	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) Sweetheart's Dance	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1995	I Was Blown Away Sweetheart’s Dance	Country16 (12 weeks) Country
	In Between Dances Sweetheart’s Dance	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
	Deep Down All of This Love	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
1996	The River and the Highway All of This Love	Country8 (20 weeks) Country
	It's Lonely Out There All of This Love	Country14 (20 weeks) Country
	Betty's Got a Bass Boat All of This Love	Country62 (4 weeks) Country
1997	All the Good Ones Are Gone Greatest Hits	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	Land of the Living Greatest Hits	Country5 (21 weeks) Country
1998	I said a prayer every time	Country12 (20 weeks) Country
	Every time every time	Country38 (12 weeks) Country
1999	After a Kiss Happy, Texas OST	Country50 (9 weeks) Country
2000	Please Thunder & Roses	Country22 (22 weeks) Country

More singles

• 1981: Every Home Should Have One
• 1983: Killer Comfort
• 1983: Love Sneakin 'Up on You
• 1985: One of Those Things
• 2001: Thunder & Roses
• 2002: Unmitigated Gall
• 2002: So Wrong
• 2007: Band in the Window
• 2007: The Hard Way
• 2012: Two Kings (with Kris Thomas)

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1993	Romeo Slow Dancing with the Moon	US50 (14 weeks) US	Country27 (20 weeks) Country	with Dolly Parton & Friends
1998	Same Old Train Tribute to Tradition	-	Country59 (5 weeks) Country	with various artists

Web links

Commons : Pam Tillis  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Website with Lorrie Morgan (English)
• Pam Tillis portrait
• Pam Tillis at Allmusic (English)
• Pam Tillis at Discogs (English)
• Pam Tillis in the Internet Movie Database (English)

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1. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
2. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/pam-tillis
3. ↑ http://pamtillis.com/#music
4. ↑ https://www.gritsandglamour.com/biography
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: US
6. ↑ ^{a b} Awards for Music Sales: US