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Chanteuse Country US née Wilma Charlene
Burgess, le 11 Juin 1939 à Orlando (Floride). Wilma Burgess est décédée le 26
Août 2003 à Nashville (Tennessee).
US Country singer born Wilma Charlene Burgess, on
June 11, 1939 in Orlando (Florida). Following high school
graduation she proceeded to Stetson University in Deland, Florida studying
physical education. She had no interest in a musical career - although she had
displayed her natural talent performing as a Pop singer on local television -
until hearing
Eddy Arnold in concert awakened her passion for C&W music.
In 1960 a songwriter friend of Burgess persuaded her to go to Nashville to
record some demos of his compositions. One of the publishers Burgess sang for
asked to manage her singing career and Burgess cut her first single in the fall
of 1962 for the United Artists label.
Eventually Burgess came to the attention of Owen Bradley who heard in Burgess'
voice the potential for a successor to the recently deceased
Patsy Cline who Bradley had produced.
Bradley arranged for Burgess' signing with Decca where she had her first session
in June 1964.
After three unsuccessful single releases Bradley had Burgess record the Ray
Griff song "Baby" on 24 September 1965: the track proved to be Burgess' breakout
hit reaching #7 C&W.
Burgess' expertise with teary ballads was further exemplified with the
follow-ups "Don't Touch Me" (#12 C&W) and "Misty Blue" (#4) and logically her
successful versions of these C&W classic tunes would have consolidated Burgess'
position as a major player on the Nashville scene.
However Burgess' versions of both "Don't Touch Me" and "Misty Blue" were both
overshadowed, the first by the concurrent release of a more successful version
of "Don't Touch Me" by
Jeannie Seely - for whom
Hank Cochran (then Seely's husband) had written the song.
Then "Misty Blue" - handed down to Burgess after being rejected by
Brenda Lee - was shortly established as a trademark song for Burgess' prime
influence
Eddy Arnold whose version in the spring of 1967 not only reached #3 C&W but
became a regional Pop hit reaching #57 nationally.
Continuing to record with Owen Bradley, Burgess placed seven more singles on the
C&W chart but only the first two of these: "Fifteen Days" (#24) and "Tear Time"
(#15) both 1967 reached the Top 40.
Burgess association with Bradley and Decca Records ended in 1971; that same year
she signed with Shannon a label owned by
Jim Reeves Enterprises (Burgess was a close friend of Reeves' widow Mary
Reeves). Five of Burgess' single releases on Shannon appeared on the C&W chart
with the 1973 duo with Bud Logan "Wake Me Into Love" providing a on-off return
to the Top 40 at #14.
In 1975 Burgess left Shannon signing with RCA Records where her uneventful
tenure lasted until 1978.
In 1982 she ended her recording career with the album Could I Have This Dance on
51West a Columbia Records label.
Later in the decade Burgess opened the Hitching Post - described as Nashville's
first women-only bar - where she regularly performed.
Burgess also worked on and off with Mary Reeves running the Jim Reeves Museum in
Nashville.
It has been noted by Jim Ed Brown that Burgess was also a decent poker player,
having taken both Ernest Tubb and Tubb's bus driver's money while on tour
together.
Burgess was openly a lesbian and preferred to record love songs with no
gender-specific references. She did sometimes agree to record songs such as "Ain't
Got No Man" on condition that her producer Owen Bradley let her record a song
she liked but he didn't.
Wilma Burgess died unexpectedly Monday, August 26, 2003 at 4:05 a.m. at
Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, after suffering a massive heart attack.
She was 64, and had been hospitalized for a week for tests, and had seemed to be
on the road to recovery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Burgess
Talents : Vocals
Style musical : Traditional Country
https://youtu.be/pWtUcdxXIVg?si=V2D0NVoNUfGlEALp
BABY
(1965)
Turn Around Teardrops
(1966)
MISTY BLUE
(1966)
I
LOVE YOU DROPS (1966)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 11/1962 | SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-523 (US) | . | Something Tells Me / Confused |
| 08/1964 | SP DECCA 31653 (US) | . | Raining In My Pillow / This Time Tomorrow |
| 03/1965 | SP DECCA 31759 (US) | . | You Can't Stop My Heart From Breaking / Happy Fool |
| 08/1965 | SP DECCA 31826 (US) | . | The Closest Thing To Love / Where You're Not Around |
| 11/1965 | SP DECCA 31862 (US) | . |
Baby
/ Wait
Till The Sun Comes Up |
| 04/1966 | SP DECCA 31941 (US) | . | Don't Touch Me
/
Turn Around Teardrops
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| 10/1966 | SP DECCA 32027 (US) | . |
Misty Blue
/
Ain't Got No Man |
| 1966 | EP DECCA 7-34436 (US) |
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Don't Touch Me - Don't Touch Me / You Can't Stop My Heart From Breaking / I'm Living In Two Worlds / Baby / Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep / Wait Till The Sun Comes Up |
| 03/1967 | SP DECCA 32105 (US) | . | Fifteen Days / Two Little Rivers Of Tears |
| 07/1967 | SP DECCA 32178 (US) | . | Tear Time / (How Can I Write On Paper) What I Feel In My Heart |
| 02/1968 | SP DECCA 32273 (US) | . | Watch The Roses Grow / Only A Fool Keeps Hangin' On |
| 07/1968 | SP DECCA 32359 (US) | . | Sweet Promises / Look At The Laughter |
| 1968 | EP DECCA 7-34553 (US) |
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The Tender Lovin' Country Sound - Here Comes The Rain Baby / Just As Much As Ever / If My Heart Had Windows / Only A Fool Keeps Hangin' On / A Legend In My Time / Watch The Roses Grow |
| 01/1969 | SP DECCA 32437 (US) | . | Parting (Is Such Sweet Sorrow) / Shine A Little Sun Of Me |
| 06/1969 | SP DECCA 32522 (US) | . | Happiness Is So Hard To Forget / Woman In Your Life |
| 11/1969 | SP DECCA 32593 (US) | . | Sun's Gotta Shine / Only Mama That'll Walk The Line |
| 05/1970 | SP DECCA 32684 (US) | . | Lonely For You / I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore |
| 04/1971 | SP DECCA 32811 (US) | . | Until My Dreams Come True / Everything's Gonna Be Alright |
| 08/1971 | SP DECCA 32868 (US) | . | I See Her Love All Over You / Woman In Your Life |
| 1973 | SP SHANNON S-810 (US) | . |
Feeling The Way
A Woman Should
/ I'll Always Love The Days |
| 08/1973 | SP SHANNON S-813 (US) | . | I'll Be Your Bridge (Just Lay Me Down) / I'll Always Love The Days |
| 11/1973 | SP SHANNON S 816 (US) | . | Bud LOGAN & Wilma BURGESS - Wake Me Into Love / Here Together |
| 05/1974 | SP SHANNON S-820 (US) | . | Bud LOGAN & Wilma BURGESS - Best Day Of The Rest Of Our Love / It Ain't Nothing But Love |
| 08/1974 | SP SHANNON S-821 (US) | . | Love Is Here / Sweet Lovin' Baby |
| 01/1975 | SP SHANNON S-826 (US) | . | Bud LOGAN & Wilma BURGESS - Love Is The Foundation / I'm In Love With Everything |
| 06/1975 | SP SHANNON SH-835 (US) | . | Baby's Not Forgotten / Just Because You Understand Your Woman |
| 11/1975 | SP SHANNON SH-839 (US) | . | Satisfied Man / I Will Think Of You |
| 07/1977 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-11057 (US) | . | Use Me / Darlin' |
| 11/1977 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-11179 (US) | . | Once You Were Mine / I'm Turnin' You Loose |
| 1983 | SP GUSTO GT4-2203 (US) | . |
Misty Blue
/
Baby
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Albums
| 1966 | LP 12" DECCA DL 4788 (mono) / DL 74788 (stereo) (US) |
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DON'T TOUCH ME - Don't Touch Me / Wait Till The Sun Comes Up / Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep / I Love You Drops / Welcome To My World / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Baby / Turn Around Teardrops / Someone Before Me / You Can't Stop My Heart From Breaking / Closest Thing To Love / I'm Living In Two Worlds |
| 1967 | LP 12" DECCA DL 4852 (mono) / DL 74852 (stereo) (US) |
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WILMA BURGESS SINGS MISTY BLUE - Misty Blue / Two Little Rivers Of Tears / Tip Of My Fingers / Ain't Got No Man / Touch My Heart / Four Walls / Making Plans / Is It Really Over / If The Whole World Stopped Lovin' / When You're Not Around / Fifteen Days / There Goes My Everything |
| 1967 | LP 12" DECCA DL 4935 (mono) / DL 74935 (stereo) (US) |
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TEAR TIME - Tear Time / Am I That Easy To Forget / Too Much Of You / My Sunshine's Gone / This Is It / Yesterday / I'm Still Not Over You / How Can I Write On Paper (What I Feel In My Heart) / Storm / Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) / I'll Never Find Another You / My Mind Is A Bridge For Your Memory |
| 1968 | LP 12" DECCA DL 5024 (mono) / DL 75024 (stereo) (US) |
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THE TENDER LOVING COUNTRY SOUND - Watch The Roses Grow / Here Comes The Rain Baby / Sunshine Of My World / Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) / As Usual / Just As Much As Ever / Only A Fool Keeps Hangin' On / Legend In My Time / If My Heart Had Windows / Petal From A Faded Rose / You've Still Got A Place In My Heart |
| 1969 | LP 12" DECCA DL 75090 (US) |
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PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW - Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow / Walk Through This World With Me / Until My Dreams Come True / Look At The Laughter / Love Takes Care Of Me / Only Mama That'll Walk The Line / Shine A Little Sun On Me / Today I Started Loving You Again / Sweet Promises / I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore / When You Are Gone |
| 1971 | LP 12" The Veterans Administration 37612 (US) |
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Here's To Veterans 99 - Imperials, Wilma Burgess - Program No. 1276 - The Gospel Sound Of The Imperials / Program No. 1277 - The Wilma Burgess Show |
| 1973 | LP 12" MCA Coral CB-20006 (US) |
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Misty Blue - Don't Touch Me / There Goes My Everything / Tear Time / Release Me / Welcome To My World / Misty Blue / Am I That Easy To Forget / Baby / I'm Living In Two Worlds / Fifteen Days |
| 1974 | LP 12" SHANNON SHA-1002 (US) |
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WAKE ME INTO LOVE - BUD LOGAN & WILMA BURGESS - Wake Me Into Love / We're Gonna Hold On / I Love / I'm In Love With Everything / Let Me Be There / It Ain't Nothing But Love / The Best Day Of The Rest Of Our Love / Just One More Song / I'll Always Love The Days / We Should Be Together / Loving Arms |
| 1982 | LP 12" 51-WEST Q-16245 (US) |
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COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE ? - Could I Have This Dance / Back On My Mind / There Won't Be Anymore / Everybody's Had The Blues / I Don't Know Why / Since I Fell For You / Satin Sheets / You Can't Be A Beacon / When Will I Be Loved / In No Time At All |
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