Priscilla Mitchell (born September 18, 1941 in
Marietta, GeorgiaMarietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, and is its county seat.As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,748, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs. Census estimates of 2007 indicate a population of 67,021...
) was an
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country musicCountry music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains...
singer.
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 DruskyRoy Frank Drusky Jr., was a country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound.-Early life and career:...
. Drusky and Mitchell recorded a series of hits, their best-selling recordings being country music "cheating songs", including their biggest hit together, "Yes Mr.
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Priscilla Mitchell (born September 18, 1941 in
Marietta, GeorgiaMarietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, and is its county seat.As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,748, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs. Census estimates of 2007 indicate a population of 67,021...
) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
country musicCountry music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains...
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 DruskyRoy Frank Drusky Jr., was a country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound.-Early life and career:...
. 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",
released in 1965, becoming number 1 on the country charts.
Priscilla Mitchell had been married to country singer,
songwriterA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.-History and background of songwriters:...
, 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 Frank Drusky Jr., was a country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound.-Early life and career:...
) |
— |
Mercury |
| 1966 |
Together Again (with Roy Drusky) |
14 |
Singles
| Year |
Single |
US Country 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...
|
Album |
| 1965 |
"Yes, Mr. Peters" (with Roy Drusky Roy Frank Drusky Jr., was a country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound.-Early life and career:...
) |
1 |
Love's Eternal Triangle |
| "Slippin' Around "Slippin' Around" is a song written in 1949 and originally recorded by Floyd Tillman, though the most popular recording was a cover version by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely...
" (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" |
— |