One of the most famous country songs from the 1960s is Jeannie C. Riley’s “Harper Valley PTA.” Even though it was a hit, Riley eventually distanced herself from it. She discussed the way audiences ...

This No. 1 hit was the catalyst for this young star's career.

“Harper Valley PTA” is a country song released by Jeannie C. Riley in 1968. She was the first woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 and US Hot Country Singles charts with the same song. The next woman to ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. We tend to think ...

Her statement song also made history atop Hot Country Songs and the Hot 100. By Jim Asker On Sept. 28, 1968, Jeannie C. Riley, then 22, topped Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart with “Harper Valley P ...

Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Now most of the townspeople, particularly on the PTA board, they feel she dresses too sexy and is a little too "loose" for them, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed "Harper Valley P.T.A." and sang about life's simple joys as country music's consummate blue-collar bard, has died. He was 85. His son ...