![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The first, "Lonesome Road", received scattered airplay in several US markets, though not enough to make any national charts. After marrying guitarist Duane Eddy in 1961, and still using her real name of Mirriam Johnson, she released two singles that were issued on the Jamie label. Īfter graduating from Mesa High School in 1961, she began singing in local clubs in Phoenix. At age 11, Colter became the pianist at her church. ![]() Her mother was a Pentecostal preacher and her father was a racecar driver. Mirriam Johnson was born on May 25, 1943, in Phoenix, Arizona, and raised in a strict Pentecostal home. In 1976 she was featured on the collaboration LP Wanted: The Outlaws, which became an RIAA-certified Platinum album. Five years later, Colter signed with Capitol Records and released "I'm Not Lisa", which topped the country charts and reached the top five on the pop charts. Īfter meeting Jennings, Colter pursued a career in country music, releasing her first studio LP in 1970, A Country Star Is Born. Mirriam Rebecca Joan Johnson (born May 25, 1943), known professionally as Jessi Colter, is an American country singer who is best known for her collaborations with her husband, country musician Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 crossover hit " I'm Not Lisa".Ĭolter was one of the few female artists to emerge from the mid-1970s " outlaw country" movement. ![]()
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