Country Artist Norma Jean

Norma Jean was a member of The Porter Wagoner Show from 1961–1967. She had 13 Country singles in Billboard’s Country Top 40 between 1963 and 1968, recorded twenty albums for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1973, received two Grammy nominations, and was a Grand Ole Opry member for several years.

Norma’s biggest hit came in 1966. It was an unusual recording with Bobby Bare and Liz Anderson, “The Game of Triangles”, a wife-husband-other woman drama that hit number five on the Billboard chart, and earned the trio a Grammy nomination.

Norma Jean left Wagoner’s show in 1967 after marrying Jody Taylor, and was replaced by newcomer Dolly Parton, who went on to become one of Country music’s leading female stars.

That year, her single, “Heaven Help the Working Girl” was a Top 20 hit, the last one of her career. Despite a lack of major Country hits, her albums continued to sell, like 1967’s Jackson Ain’t a Very Big Town, which peaked at number 11 on the Top Country Albums list.

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