Priscilla Mitchell
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Priscilla Mitchell was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer.

Biography

Priscilla Mitchell began as a Rock 'n' Roll singer in the 1950s and became most popular as a duet performer when she cut a string of duet recordings, in the 1960s, with country singer Roy Drusky
Roy Drusky
Roy Frank Drusky Jr., was an American country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound. His highest-charting single was the No. 1 "Yes Mr. Peters", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell.-Early life and...

. Drusky and Mitchell recorded a series of hits, their best-selling recordings being country music "cheating songs", including their biggest hit together, "Yes Mr. Peters
Yes Mr. Peters
"Yes Mr. Peters" is the title of a song written by Steve Karliski and Larry Kolber, and recorded by American country music artists Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell as a duet. It was released in May 1965 as the lead single from the album, Love's Eternal Triangle...

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released in 1965, becoming number 1 on the country charts.

Priscilla Mitchell had been married to country singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, and session guitarist Jerry Reed Hubbard since 1959 and was widowed on August 31, 2008. She is the mother of two daughters.

Albums

Year Album US Country Label
1965 Love's Eternal Triangle (with Roy Drusky
Roy Drusky
Roy Frank Drusky Jr., was an American country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound. His highest-charting single was the No. 1 "Yes Mr. Peters", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell.-Early life and...

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Mercury
1966 Together Again (with Roy Drusky) 14

Singles

Year Single US Country
Hot Country Songs
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Album
1965 "Yes Mr. Peters
Yes Mr. Peters
"Yes Mr. Peters" is the title of a song written by Steve Karliski and Larry Kolber, and recorded by American country music artists Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell as a duet. It was released in May 1965 as the lead single from the album, Love's Eternal Triangle...

" (with Roy Drusky
Roy Drusky
Roy Frank Drusky Jr., was an American country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound. His highest-charting single was the No. 1 "Yes Mr. Peters", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell.-Early life and...

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1 Love's Eternal Triangle
"Slippin' Around
Slippin' Around
"Slippin' Around" is a song written and recorded by Floyd Tillman in 1949. The most popular recording was a cover version by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely which reached number one on the Retail Folk Best Sellers chart...

" (with Roy Drusky)
45
"It Comes and Goes" singles only
1966 "Sweet Talk"
"Acres of Heartaches"
1967 "I'll Never Tell on You" (with Roy Drusky) 61
"He's Not for Real" 53
1968 "Your Old Handy Man" 73
"Natch'illy Ain't No Good"
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