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Chanteuse
Country US née Agnes June Stearns, le 5 Avril 1939 à Albany (Kentucky).
US Country
singer born Agnes June Stearns, April 5, 1939 in
Albany (Kentucky). During the late 60’s and early 70’s, June Stearns
could be considered to be one of the ladies-in-waiting for the Country Queen
crown. However, she had a career that went back much further. Raised in
Franklin, Indiana, in a prominent local musical family, June landed a job with
WLW’s Midwestern Hayride in Cincinnati, immediately on leaving high school in
1957. She stayed with the Hayride until 1958. In 1960, she wrote to
Roy Acuff, enclosing a photograph with her
sister under which she wrote, "I’m the one with the guitar." Almost certainly,
Roy would have heard about her work on the
Midwestern Hayride. To June’s surprise, she became a member of Mr. Roy’s "Smoky
Mountain Gang." She stayed with the group until 1965, appearing on the Grand Ole
Opry and on live dates. While appearing with
Acuff, June also took time out to appear at the Louisiana Hayride in 1963.
In 1965, she broke her ankle in an auto crash in
Roy Acuff’s vehicle and never returned to
the group. She can be considered the last regular "Smoky Mountain Girl." June
released some singles on Starday from 1963 with Gene Martin and then she signed
to Columbia in 1967. After a couple of singles, June got together with
Lefty Frizzell as Agnes & Orville, in
1968, releasing one single, Have I Ever Been Untrue/If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve
Got the Time). Her first solo single after this, Empty House, reached the
Country Top 50. She followed up that year with Where He Stops Nobody Knows,
which only went Top 60. Immediately, Columbia released Jackson Ain’t a Very Big
Town, a duo with Johnny Duncan,
which just failed to reach the Top 20 at the end of 1968 and became her biggest
hit. That year, she was voted third "Most Promising Female Artist" by Cash Box.
1969 was June’s final year with Columbia and although she charted four times,
her most successful entrants were Walking Midnight Road and Drifting Too Far
From Your Arms, both of which went Top 60. The following year, June moved to
Decca, where she scored with Tyin’ Strings (Top 50, 1970) and Sweet Baby on My
Mind and Your Kind of Lovin’ (both Top 60, 1971). Since then, June has faded
from the public limelight and the music scene.
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Country-Pop
Just Another
Song (1963)
Three Sides
To The Story (1963)
Family
Man (1963)
We've
Got Things In Common
(1963)
River Of
Regret (1967)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 07/1963 | SP STARDAY 639 (US) | . |
Just Another Song
(June STEARNS) /
Three Sides To
The Story
(Gene MARTIN & June STEARNS) |
| 12/1963 | SP STARDAY 660 (US) | . |
Gene MARTIN & June STEARNS -
Family Man
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We've
Got Things In Common
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| 1964 | SP STARDAY 7012 (US) | . | The Wild Side Of Life (WILLIS BROTHERS & Helen CARTER) / Slipping Around (Gene MARTIN & June STEARNS) |
| 1964 | SP STARDAY 7014 (US) | . | Dear John Letter (Red SOVINE & June STEARN) / Back Street Affair (Eddie WILSON) |
| 06/1967 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44206 (US) | . |
Habit Not Desire / Tear For Fear |
| 10/1967 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44321 (US) | . |
River Of Regret
/ Where Did The Good Times Go |
| 01/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44449 (US) | . |
Agnes & Orville (June STEARNS & Lefty Frizzell) - Have I Ever Been Untrue / If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time) |
| 03/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44483 (US) | . | Empty House / I'm The Queen (Of My Lonely Little World) |
| 07/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44575 (US) |
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Where He Stops Nobody Knows / I Cry Myself Awake |
| 09/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44656 (US) | . | Johnny DUNCAN & June STEARNS - Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town / True And Lasting Kind |
| 11/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44695 (US) | . | Walking Midnight Road / Plastic Saddle |
| 01/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44752 (US) | . | Johnny DUNCAN & June STEARNS - Back To Back (We're Strangers) / If That's The Only Way |
| 1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44795 (US) | . |
No Good Man / Some Of These Days |
| 04/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44852 (US) | . | What Makes You So Different / Trouble In Mind |
| 07/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44946 (US) | . |
Some Of These Days / A Piece At A Time |
| 08/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44992 (US) | . | Johnny DUNCAN & June STEARNS - Now I Lay Me Down To Dream / We'll Get Married Or Nothing |
| 11/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45042 (US) | . | Drifting Too Far (From Your Arms) / He Was A Carpenter |
| 11/1969 | EP United States Air Force ? (US) | . | Country Music Time # 111- Baby Me Baby (Johnny Duncan); / Jackson Ain’t A Very Big Town (Johnny Duncan & June Stearns) / Johnny One Time (Johnny Duncan) / Walking Midnight Road (June Stearns) / Back To Back (Johnny Duncan & June Stearns) |
| 09/1970 | SP DECCA 32726 (US) | . | Don't Trouble Trouble / Tyin' Strings |
| 05/1971 | SP DECCA 32828 (US) | . | How's My Ex Treating You / Sweet Baby On My Mind |
| 09/1971 | SP DECCA 32876 (US) | . | Another / Your Kind Of Lovin' |
| 07/1972 | SP DECCA 32986 (US) | . | In Case Of A Storm / Man (Sensuous Man) |
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Albums
| 1969 | LP 12" COLUMBIA CS-9783 (US) |
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RIVER OF REGRET - River Of Regret / Flower Of Love / I Started Loving You Again / Plastic Saddle; / Empty House / To My Sorrow / Where He Stops Nobody Knows / Habit Not Desire / The Future Ex-Mrs. Jones / Time Wounds All Heels / Walking Midnight Road |
| 1969 | LP 12" COLUMBIA CS-9910 (US) |
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BACK TO BACK - Johnny DUNCAN & June STEARNS - Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town / We Had All The Good Things Going / What Locks The Door / We'll Get Married Or Nothing / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Wild Side Of Life / Back To Back / Sweet Thang / Now I Lay Me Down To Dream / Can You Match That Kind Of Love / True And Lasting Kind |
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