Lacy J. Dalton
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Lacy J. Dalton is an American country and western singer and songwriter, known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which a number of critics likened to a country equivalent to Bonnie Raitt http://www.last.fm/music/Lacy+J.+Dalton. She had a number of hits in the 1980s, including "Takin' It Easy," "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "16th Avenue." Though absent from the U.S. country charts since 1990, she still continues to record and perform, having most recently released three independently recorded albums, Wild Horse Crossing on Shop Records in 1999; The Last Wild Place, on Song Dog Records in 2004; and her 2010 self-released Here's To Hank available on her website www.lacyjdalton.com.
Albums
| Year | Title | US Country | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Jill Croston | — | Harbor |
| 1980 | Lacy J. Dalton | 11 | Columbia |
| Hard Times | 18 | ||
| 1981 | Takin' It Easy | 12 | |
| 1982 | 16th Avenue | 23 | |
| 1983 | Dream Baby | 20 | |
| Greatest Hits | 63 | ||
| 1985 | Can't Run Away from Your Heart | 33 | |
| 1986 | Highway Diner | 32 | |
| 1987 | Blue Eyed Blues | — | |
| 1989 | Survivor | 31 | Universal |
| 1990 | Lacy J. | 26 | Capitol |
| 1991 | Crazy Love | — | |
| 1992 | Chains on the Wind | — | Liberty |
| 1993 | The Best of Lacy J. Dalton | — | |
| 1995 | Somethin' Special | — | Sony |
| 1998 | Pure Country | — | |
| 1999 | Wild Horse Crossing | — | Shop |
| 2000 | Anthology | — | Renaissance |
| 2001 | Country Classics | — | EMI |
| 2004 | The Last Wild Place | — | Song Dog |
| 2006 | The Last Wild Place Anthology | — | |
| 2010 | Here's To Hank | — | Lacy J Dalton |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | |||
| 1979 | "Crazy Blue Eyes" | 17 | — | Lacy J. Dalton |
| 1980 | "The Tennessee Waltz The Tennessee Waltz "Tennessee Waltz" is a popular/country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in December 1947 as a single by Cowboy Copas that same year... " |
18 | 43 | |
| "Losing Kind of Love" | 14 | 57 | ||
| "Hard Times" | 7 | 16 | Hard Times | |
| 1981 | "Hillbilly Girl with the Blues" | 8 | 10 | |
| "Whisper" | 10 | 12 | ||
| "Takin' It Easy" | 2 | 2 | Takin' It Easy | |
| 1982 | "Everybody Makes Mistakes" | 5 | 28 | |
| "Wild Turkey" | flip | 33 | ||
| "Slow Down"A | 13 | — | 16th Avenue | |
| "16th Avenue" | 7 | 13 | ||
| 1983 | "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) "Dream Baby " is the title of a song written by Cindy Walker which was first recorded and released by Roy Orbison in 1962.... " |
9 | 10 | Dream Baby |
| "Windin' Down" | 54 | — | ||
| 1985 | "If That Ain't Love" | 15 | 15 | Can't Run Away from Your Heart |
| "You Can't Run Away from Your Heart" | 20 | 20 | ||
| "The Night Has a Heart of Its Own" | 58 | — | ||
| 1986 | "Don't Fall in Love with Me" | 43 | 46 | |
| "Working Class Man" | 16 | 19 | Highway Diner | |
| 1987 | "This Ol' Town" | 33 | 35 | |
| 1989 | "The Heart" | 13 | — | Survivor |
| "I'm a Survivor" | 57 | — | ||
| "Hard Luck Ace" | 38 | 75 | ||
| 1990 | "Black Coffee" | 15 | 19 | Lacy J. |
| "Where Did We Go Right" | — | — | ||
| "Lonesome (As the Night Is Long)" | — | 71 | ||
| 1991 | "The Deal" | — | — | Crazy Love |
| "Forever In my Heart" | — | — | ||
| "Lightnin' Strikes A Good Man" | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "Bye Bye Love" | — | 69 | Chains on the Wind |
| 2004 | "Slip Away" | — | — | The Last Wild Place |
- APeaked at #5 on Bubbling Under Hot 100.
Guest singles
| Year | Title | Artist | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | ||||
| 1983 | "It's a Dirty Job" | Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Robert Joseph Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:... |
30 | — | The Columbia Years |
| 1985 | "Size Seven Round (Made of Gold)" | George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.... |
19 | 11 | Ladies' Choice Ladies' Choice Ladies' Choice is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released in 1984 on the Epic Records label, and was composed largely of duets with female artists.- Track listing :# "She's My Rock"... |