The album peaked at #33 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and produced Loveless' first Top Ten single, "If My Heart Had Windows", at #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart..
"If My Heart Had Windows" was written by Dallas Frazier and was a Top Ten (#7) country hit for George Jones in 1967. Loveless' 1988 single version was released on MCA and was accompanied by her very first major label music video. The music video was directed by Bill Pope.
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| Released | January 25, 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Emory Gordy, Jr. Tony Brown |
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If My Heart Had Windows is the second album recorded by country music artist Patty Loveless, and was released in 1988. The title track — a cover of a George Jones song from 1967 — became Loveless' first top ten hit, peaking on the Billboard Country Music charts at #10.
It was them followed by her biggest chart position at the time with "A Little Bit In Love," a song written by country artist Steve Earle. It also features a recording of the song "Baby's Gone Blues", which would be recorded in 1992 by Reba McEntire and released on her album It's Your Call.
The album peaked at #33.
This album was released the same year (1988) that Loveless became a Member of the Grand Ole Opry.
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Patty Loveless signing a shirt at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in July 2004
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Patty Lee Ramey |
| Born | January 4, 1957 |
| Origin | Pikeville, Kentucky, USA[1] |
| Genres | Country, bluegrass |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1973–1975; 1985–present |
| Labels | MCA, Epic, Saguaro Road |
| Associated acts | Vince Gill Emory Gordy, Jr. George Jones |
| Website | www.pattyloveless.com |
Patty Loveless (born Patty Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957), is an American country music singer.
Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first (self-titled) album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and Bluegrass genres.
Loveless was born in Pikeville, Kentucky, and was raised in Elkhorn City, Kentucky and Louisville, Kentucky and rose to stardom thanks to her blend of honky tonk and country-rock, not to mention a plaintive, emotional ballad style. Her late-1980s records were generally quite popular, earning her comparisons to Patsy Cline, but most critics agree that she truly came into her own as an artist in the early 1990s.
To date, Loveless has charted more than forty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including five Number Ones. In addition, she has recorded fourteen studio albums (not counting compilations); in the United States, four of these albums have been certified platinum, while two have been certified gold.[2]
She has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1988.[3][4]
Loveless is also a distant cousin of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle.[3] She has been married twice, first to Terry Lovelace (1976–1986), from whom her professional name "Loveless" is derived, and to Emory Gordy, Jr. (1989–present), who is also her producer.
Early years
Patty Lee Ramey was born the sixth of seven children to John and Naomie Ramey outside of Pikeville, Kentucky on 4 January 1957. Although born in Pikeville, the family lived in Elkhorn City, Kentucky where her father was a coal miner.Patty Ramey's interest in music started when she was a young child. In 1969, when she was twelve, the Ramey family moved to Louisville, Kentucky in search of medical care for John Ramey, who was afflicted with "Black Lung Disease" (Coalworker's pneumoconiosis).
Her older sister, Dottie Ramey, was an aspiring country singer, and would perform frequently at small clubs in Eastern Kentucky, with her brother Roger Ramey, known as the "Swinging Rameys". Traveling with Dottie and Roger to Fort Knox in 1969, and hearing her sister perform on stage, Patty Ramey decided that she would like to become a performer as well.[5]
When her sister Dottie married in 1969 and quit performing, Roger Ramey convinced Patty to perform onstage for the first time at a small country jamboree in Hodgenville,Ky. The forum consisted of foldout chairs in a small auditorium and was called the "Lincoln Jamboree".
She was terrified at first, but with her brother performed several songs, however she loved the applause she received for her performance, and after the show she was paid five dollars, the first money she ever earned.[5]
Patty Ramey joined her brother Roger and started singing together at several clubs in Louisville Kentucky, under the name "Singin' Swingin' Rameys".[6]
Loveless and her brother would perform in various clubs in the Louisville area. A local radio announcer, Danny King with a country radio station in Louisville was a supporter of the Ramey kids. Whenever there was an opportunity for them to appear on stage, he would call up the Rameys and try to get them a booking.[7]
Source: Wikipedia
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