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Jenny Lou Carson

real name Virginia Lucille Overstake

Jenny Lou Carson is credited on 1,918 releases across 514 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,918

Credits

514

Albums

8

Decades active

133

In collections

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American country singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
Born January 13, 1915 in Decatur, Illinois, USA Died December 16, 1978 in Inglewood, California, USA. She was married four times, including to country musician and bandleader Tiny Hill.
She was the first woman to write a No. 1 country music hit. From 1945 to 1955 she was one of the most prolific songwriters in country music. Between 1944 and 1983, she charted as a songwriter 44 times on the U.S. and U.K. charts. Her first #1 country song came in 1945 with "You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often" by Tex Ritter. Her next #1 came from "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" by Eddy Arnold in 1949. Her "Let Me Go, Lover" by Joan Weber came in 1954--it was #1 in the U.S. overall (not just on the country charts). Hank Snow's version of the same song also hit #1 overall in 1955. Twenty-seven of her forty-four charted songs made it into the top 10 of the charts.
Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1971) and was a member of the WLS National Barn Dance. She never charted as a singer.

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1,918 releases · 514 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,978
  • Other credits · 16

Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Autumn Sound Studios · Soundshop Recording Studios · Golden Nugget (2)

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