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Chanteuse
Country US née Leona Belle Helton le 7 Janvier 1943 à Vienna (Missouri).
Leona
Williams was born Leona Belle Helton on January 7, 1943, in Vienna, MO. She sang
in her family band as a child and by 1958 had landed her own radio show on
Jefferson City's KWOS called Leona Sings. This outlet brought her to the
attention of Loretta Lynn, who asked
Williams to join her touring band as a bassist and backup vocalist. Williams
signed as a solo artist with Hickory in 1968 and cut a few minor hits for the
label, including "Once More" and "Country Girl with Hot Pants On." She bounced
from Hickory to MCA, where she recorded the landmark San Quentin's First Lady in
1976. (It was the first country album recorded by a female inside a prison.)
Williams had joined Merle Haggard's
backing band in 1975, but she soon replaced his estranged wife
Bonnie Owens as featured vocalist.
She and Haggard's professional and
private lives were merged for several years. While their brief marriage was
stormy, the duo was more successful as a songwriting team. Released in 1978,
"Bull and the Beaver" cracked the country Top Ten; "We're Strangers Again"
charted in 1983, but the song also marked the dissolution of her relationship
with Haggard. Williams continued to
record and contributed Vocals to albums by
Vince Gill and Johnny Bush. She
released the solo effort Melted Down Memories in 1999 and appeared as part of
the Us Girls! music variety show in Branson, MO. In what seems like a smart and
obvious move, she released Leona Williams Sings Merle Haggard in 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Williams
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Progressive Country, Contemporary Country
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A
Woman's Man (1968)
Broadminded
(1968)
I Want Some
More Of This (1969)
ONCE
MORE (1969)
The Circle Of Friends
(1969)
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Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 03/1968 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1501 (US) |
A Woman's Man
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| 08/1968 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1511 (US) |
Papa's Medicine Show /
Broadminded
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| 01/1969 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1523 (US) |
I Want Some More Of This
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| 05/1969 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1532 (US) |
Once More
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| 09/1969 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1544 (US) |
The Circle Of Friends
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| 01/1970 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1555 (US) |
When I Stop Dreaming / Just Because Of You |
| 04/1970 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1565 (US) |
Yes M'am (He Found Me In A Honky Tonk) / This Ain't A Home No More |
| 08/1970 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1578 (US) |
Watch Her Go / If I'd Only Listened To Mom And Dad |
| 01/1971 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1590 (US) |
He's Just You Made Me Over / Somewhere Inside |
| 07/1971 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1606 (US) |
Country Girl With Hot Pants On / Babe, Just For You |
| 11/1971 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1619 (US) |
The Boys And Lucy Brown / Country Music In My Soul |
| 05/1972 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1635 (US) |
Happy Anniversary, Baby / The Old Place Is Gone |
| 10/1972 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1650 (US) |
Gentleman On My Mind / Out Of Hand (with Ron Williams) |
| 02/1973 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1662 (US) |
I'd Rather Die / Woman's Life Is More Than Just A Man |
| 04/1973 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1670 (US) |
I Can’t Tell My Heart That / Papa’s Medicine Show |
| 07/1973 | SP HICKORY HK-304 (US) |
Since I'm Not With The One I Love / Your Shoeshine Girl |
| 10/1973 | SP HICKORY HK-310 (US) |
Anything Goes (Til Everything's Gone) / I Spent A Week There Last Nite |
| 02/1974 | SP HICKORY HK-315 (US) |
I'm Not Supposed To Love You Anymore / Once More |
| 10/1974 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-10097 (US) |
Just Like A Prayer / A Lifetime To Forget |
| 05/1975 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-10300 (US) |
Shape Up Or Ship Out / You Don't Love Me Like You Mean It |
| 01/1976 | SP MCA MCA-40515 (US) |
I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight? / If Anyone Ought To Know |
| 04/1976 | SP MCA MCA-40557 (US) |
San Quentin / Cotton-Eyed Joe |
| 01/1978 | SP MCA MCA-40856 (US) |
That Lonely Unloved Wife Look / Mama, I've Got To Go To Memphis |
| 06/1978 | SP MCA MCA-40926 (US) |
Bright Morning Light / Rockin', Rollin' Stone |
| 10/1978 | SP MCA MCA-40962 (US) | Merle HAGGARD & Leona WILLIAMS - The Bull And The Beaver / I'm Gettin' High |
| 01/1979 | SP MCA MCA-40988 (US) |
The Baby Song / Call Me Crazy Lady |
| 04/1979 | SP MCA MCA-41006 (US) |
Good Nights Make Good Mornings / Yes Ma'm |
| 02/1980 | SP MCA MCA-41196 (US) |
Any Port In A Storm / Catchin' Crawfish |
| 03/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E 47114 (US) |
I'm Almost Ready / The End Of The World |
| 06/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E 47162 (US) |
You Can't Find Many Kisses / Guitar Pickin' Man |
| 09/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E 47217 (US) |
Always Late With your Kisses / Startin' Today |
| 05/1983 | SP MERCURY 812 214-7 (US) | Merle HAGGARD & Leona WILLIAMS - We're Strangers Again / Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down |
| 09/1983 | SP MERCURY 814 359-7 (US) | Merle HAGGARD & Leona WILLIAMS - Waltz Across Texas / Waitin' For The Good Life To Come |
| 12/1983 | SP MERCURY 814 946-7 (US) |
My First Night Away From Home / Midnight Love |
| 07/1984 | SP MERCURY 880 139-7 (US) | Merle HAGGARD & Leona WILLIAMS - It's Cold In California / Don't Ever Let Your Lover Sleep Alone |
| 04/1986 | SP Loveshine LS-1-NSD (US) |
Rock Me To Sleep / A Taste Of Life |
| 1986 | SP Loveshine LS-1-NSD (US) |
No Love Line / ? |
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Albums
| 02/1970 | LP 12" HICKORY LPS-151 (US) |
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THAT WILLIAMS GIRL - Circle Of Friends / I Narrowed This Triangle Down To Two / Papa's Medicine Show / Baby We're Really In Love / This Ain't A Home No More / When I Stop Dreaming / Once More / Broadminded / They'll Never Take His Love From Me / Woman's Man / Ten Minutes Till Heartaches / I Want Some More Of This | |||
| 08/1972 | LP 12" HICKORY LPS-165 (US) |
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THE BEST OF LEONA WILLIAMS - Happy Anniversary Baby / Gentleman On My Mind / Tom Lucus / Country Music In My Soul / Boys And Lucy Brown / Yes Ma'm (He Found Me In A Honky Tonk) / Country Girl With Hot Pants On / He's Just You Made Over / Out Of Hand / Ain't That Fine / How Great Thou Art | |||
| 1973 | LP 12" The United States Air Force Public Service Program 619/620 (US) |
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COUNTRY MUSIC TIME : Charlie LOUVIN : See The Big Man Cry / I Don't Love You Anymore / When I Was Your Man / Leona WILLIAMS : Rockin' Rollin' Stoned / The Bull And The Beaver (with Merle HAGGARD) / Bright Morning Light |
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| 09/1976 | LP 12" MCA MCA-2212 (US) |
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SAN QUENTIN'S FIRST LADY - LIVE - Introduction / I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail / Patter And Song Introduction / Cotton-Eyed Joe / Applause / Prisons Aren't Only For Men / Appause And Song Introduction / Goodbye Comes Hard For Me / Appause And Song Introduction / I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight / Song Introduction / Workin' Girl Blues / Appause And Patter / If Anyone Ought To Know / Appause And Song Introduction / Yes Ma'm This One Can / Appause And Song Introduction / San Quentin / Appause / Reprise "San Quentin" / Appause - End Of Show | |||
| 1977 | LP 12" DJM 22060 (UK) |
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A WOMAN WALKED AWAY - Happy Anniversary Baby / Woman's Man / Broadminded / I Narrowed This Triangle Down To Two / This Ain't A Home No More / Anything Goes / Ten Minutes Till Heartaches / They'll Never Take His Love From Me / When I Stop Dreaming / I'm Not Supposed To Love You Anymore / I Spent A Week There Last Night / He's Just You Made Over / Gentleman On My Mind / Yes Ma'm (He Found Me In A Honky Tonk) | |||
| 06/1983 | LP 12" MERCURY 812 183 1 M-1 (US) |
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HEART TO HEART - Merle HAGGARD & Leona WILLIAMS - Heart To Heart Talk / Let's Pretend We're Not Married Tonight / You Can't Break The Chains Of Love / Waltz Across Texas / We're Strangers Again / Waitin' On The Good Life To Come / Don't Ever Let Your Lover Sleep Alone / It's Cold In California / I'll Never Be Free / Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down | |||
| 10/1984 | LP 12" MERCURY 422-822 424 M-1 (US) |
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SOMEDAY WHEN THINGS ARE GOOD - We Agree That We Must Be In Love / Someday When Things Are Good / More I See Of Those Cowboys / Midnight Love / You Sure Make Cheatin' Seem Easy / Telephone Line / You Take Me For Granted / I Dropped Your Name / Melted Down Memories / My First Night Away From Home | |||
| 1984 | 3 LP 12" ABC Radio Networks SE 147 (US) (promo) |
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The Silver Eagle Cross Country Music Show - George JONES with Leona Williams & Little Jimmy Dickens :
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| 1986 | CD LOVESHINE ? (US) |
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A TASTE OF LIFE - No Love Line / Way It Was / Taste Of Life / Honky Tonk Moon / I've Got To Stop Lovin' You / Good Morning / You Weren't There / Rock Me To Sleep / Home Is Where My Heart Lies / Miracle / Virginia / Dad's Old Fiddle | |||
| 1999 | CD LEONA LR-99 (US) |
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MELTED DOWN MEMORIES - I Ain't Gonna Think About You / Melted Down Memories / Guitar Pickin' Song / He's Just You Made Over / Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / You Weren't There / Telephone Line / Someday When Things Are Good / Rock Me To Sleep / You Take Me For Granted / Broken Record / Where No One Stands Alone / I'm Almost Ready / My First Night Away From Home | |||
| 07/2001 | CD Bear Family BCD 16411 (GER) |
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Old Loves Never Die - LEONA WILLIAMS - MERLE HAGGARD - Merle HAGGARD, Leona WILLIAMS : Heart To Heart Talk / Let's Pretend We're Not Married Tonight / You Can't Break The Chains Of Love / Waltz Across Texas / We're Strangers Again / Waitin' On The Good Life To Come / Don't Ever Let Your Lover Sleep Alone / It's Cold In California / I'll Never Be Free / Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down / Leona WILLIAM : We Agree That We Must Be In Love / Someday When Things Are Good / The More I See Of Those Cowboys / Midnight Love / You Sure Make Cheatin' Seem Easy / The Telephone Line / You Take Me For Granted / I Dropped Your Name / Melted Down Memories / My First Night Away From Home / Divorce On The Rocks / Old Loves Never Die / Waitin' For My Turn / Too Long A Time To Say Goodbye / Love And Honor / Tiny White Circle / Thinking Of Me / Tommy Lasorda | |||
| 10/2004 | CD HEART OF TEXAS HOTR-104 (US) |
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HONORARY TEXAN - Yes Ma'm (He Found Me In A Honky Tonk) / Don't Leave The Leaving Up To Me / Dance Till The Cows Come Home|You'd Be Home By Now|I've Called To Say I Love You One More Time|Arms Of A Fool / Things I Almost Had With You / Don't Sing Me No Songs About Texas / I Never Go Around Mirrors / Memories To Burn / Nobody's Darlin' But Mine / Goodbye's Come Hard For Me / I Walked From Dallas / Misery | |||
| 2005 | CD HEART OF TEXAS HOTR-110 (US) |
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San Quentin's First Lady - Leona Williams with MERLE HAGGARD's Strangers - Introduction / I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail / Cotton-Eyed Joe / Prisons Aren't Only For Men / Goodbye Comes Hard For Me / I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight / Workin' Girl Blues / If Anyone Ought To Know / Yes Mam This One Can / San Quentin |
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| 11/2005 | CD HEART OF TEXAS HOTR-113 (US) |
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I LOVE YOU BECAUSE - Before You Loose It All / I Fall Easy / Blue Darlin' / It's Tearing This Ole Heart Right Out Of Me / Yearning (To Kiss You) / Dallas / I Love You Because / I Barely Am Getting By / After I Sing All My Songs / Three Nickles And A Dime / From Dallas To Nashville With Love / Texas Fiddle Song | |||
| 07/2008 | CD AH-HA 8926 (US) |
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LEONA WILLIAMS SINGS MERLE HAGGARD - Workin' Girl Blues / Bottle Let Me Down / It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) / Today I Started Loving You Again / If We're Not Back In Love By Monday / Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) / You Take Me For Granted / Fightin' Side Of Me / Hungry Eyes / Someday When Things Are Good / If We Make It Through December / Okie From Muskogee / Everybody's Had The Blues / Trying Not To Love You / Someday We'll Be Together | |||
| 09/2008 | CD HEART OF TEXAS HOTR-4135 (US) |
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NEW PATCHES - New Patches / I'm Too Good To Be Better Than Nothing Again / You Put Out An Old Flame Last Night / I'm Getting Better At Just Getting By These Days / Many Happy Hangovers To You / He's Just On My Mind Again / Somewhere In Colorado / When He Touches Me / Manhattan Kansas / I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) / Ole George / For God And Country | |||
| 2008 | CD Ernest Tubb Record Shop ETRS 1026 (US) |
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This Is Leona Williams Country - Someday When Things Are Good / The Bull And The Beaver (with Merle HAGGARD) / We Agree That We Must Be In Love / The More I See Of Those Cowboys / Heart To Heart Talk(with Merle HAGGARD) / Midnight Love / You Sure Make Cheatin' Seem Easy / Let's Pretend We're Not Married Tonight (with Merle HAGGARD) / The Telephone Line / You Take Me For Granted / I Dropped Your Name / You Can’t Break The Chains Of Love (with Merle HAGGARD) / Melted Down Memories / Waltz Across Texas (with Merle HAGGARD) / My First Night Away From Home / Divorce On The Rocks / We’re Strangers Again (with Merle HAGGARD) / Old Love Never Die / Waitin' On The Good Life To Come (with Merle HAGGARD) / Waitin' My Turn / Don’t Ever Let Your Lover Sleep Alone (with Merle HAGGARD) / Too Long A Time To Say Goodbye / It’s Cold In California (with Merle HAGGARD) / Love And Honor; I’ll Never Be Free (with Merle HAGGARD) / Tiny White Circle / Thinkin‘ About Me / Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down (with Merle HAGGARD) |
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| 2009 | CD LEONA LW-2008 (US) |
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DUETS - Best Friends (with George Jones) / Waltz Across Texas (with Merle HAGGARD) / Where No One Stands Alone (with Ron Williams) / We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds (with Justin Trevino) / Two Lips Away (with Frankie Miller) / Cheatin' Fire (with Johnny Bush) / Somewhere Between (with Ron Williams) / Dear John (with Ferlin Husky) / If Teardrops Were Pennies (with Jimmy Martin) / The Wall (with Johnny Bush) / Each Season Chanhges You (with Joe Paul Nichols) / Let's Pretend We're Not Married (with Merle HAGGARD) / Yearning (with Justin Trevino) / As Long As I Live (with Ferlin Husky) / We Sure Make Good Love (with George Jones) / Letter To George (with Merle HAGGARD) | |||
| 2009 | CD LEONA ? (US) |
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| 2009 | CD Loveshine LOVE 2008 (US) |
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Duets WITH FRIENDS - Best Friends (with George Jones) / The Bull And The Beaver (with Merle HAGGARD) / Somewhere Between (with Ron Williams) / Just Between The Two Of Us (with Tony Kerr) / You’re Still All I Need (with Eric Blankenship) / If Teardrops Were Pennies (with Jimmy Martin) / Dear John (with Ferlin Husky) / Manhattan, Kansas (with Cathy Lee Coyne) / We Sure Make Good Love (with George Jones) / The Good Times Are Ready To Come (with Mac Wiseman) / We’re Strangers Again (with Merle HAGGARD) / We’ve Had Some Good Times (with Bode Barker) / I’m So Afraid Of Losing You Again (with Billy Keeble) / Do Wah Ditty (with The Dillards) |
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| 2011 | CD Loveshine LW (US) |
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Grass Roots - Midnite Blue / My Heart Has Finally Said Goodbye / Mama, I’ve Got To Go To Memphis / The Legend (with Vince Gill) / Taste Of Life (with Sharon & Cheryl White) / Do Wah Ditty (with Rodney & Beverly Dillard) / The Light Of Aberdeen; Molly And Tenbrooks (with Melody Hart, Barbara Fairchild, Pam Tillis & Rhonda Vincent) / The Good Times Are Ready To Come (with Mac Wiseman) / Come To Me Sometime / When I Dream / Take This Hammer |
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| 07/2012 | CD Ah Ha Music AHE-5116 (US) |
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By George This Is... Leona Williams - Ole George / Window Up Above / Picture Of Me (Without You) / He Thinks I Still Care / I'll Share My World With You / Color Of The Blues / Medley : Race Is On - White Lightnin' - Why Baby Why / I'm Not Ready Yet / Walk Through This World With Me / Things Have Gone To Pieces / When The Grass Grows Over Me / He Stopped Loving Her Today / You Comb Her Hair (Every Morning) / Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes |
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| 2013 | CD Souvenir Album Tour ? (UK) |
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Just Between The Two Of Us' TOUR 2013 - Leona WILLIAMS & Tony KERR - Just Between The Two Of Us / Yes Ma'am / Always Late / Melted Down Memories / Don't Sing Me No Songs About Texas / Precious Lord / They Call Me The Playboy / Somewhere Between / Legacy / If I Were You / Someday When Things Are Good / China Doll / High On A Hill Top / Working Girl Blues / Fly Butterfly / Her Heart Belongs To Texas / New Patches / Corrine Corrina / Ebony Eyes / The Beginning Of Goodbye / Just Out Of Reach |
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| 2013 | 3 CD Bear Family BCD 17246 (GER) |
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Yes, Ma'm, He Found Me In A Honky Tonk :
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