80's Country Divas

[JazmenFlowers]

if you love 80's country like I do and a couple others do (show yourselves)...what/who are your favorite songs/artists?

I'll start:
What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire
Give A Little Love - The Judds

[michelle2677]

She's in love with the boy-trisha yearwood and she is his only need-the judds (or was it wynonna sp? solo. And was it 80's? :laugh: ) man. SIHON makes me cry EVERY time i hear it. It just happens and i cant control it :o

[DavidMn]

Is it women only?

[JohnL]

Here are some of my faves..

Watch Me - Lorrie Morgan
Is It Over Yet - Wynonna...but that might be 90s...
Young Love - The Judds
Trisha Yearwood - Walkaway Joe
Dolly Parton - He's Alive
KT Oslin - 80s Ladies
Pam Tillis - Do You Know Where Your Man Is?
Reba - Weekend In New England
and yes...even Marie Osmond...Meet Me in Montana

Others I liked but no one song in particular...

Patty Loveless
Crystal Gayle

[sparky]

I'll ignore the D word, as it makes me want to tear my eyeballs out of my head.

Favorite 80's country chicks:

Patty Loveless - The Night's Too Long, Overtime, anything on On Down The Line ("I can't get no satisfaction and my tractor don't get no traction" one of the best lines ever)

Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop - all of it.

KT Oslin - This Woman - all of it.

Dolly - He's Alive (totally LOL!)

Judds - River Of Time - all of it.

[wondergirl9847]

I love 80's country..it's my fave.

Here are some of my faves..

Dolly Parton - He's Alive
and yes...even Marie Osmond...Meet Me in Montana

Meet Me in Montana...gah...I love that song. That's one of the first country songs I remember hearing as a kid and it became a fave of mine. Marie and Dan Seals.

I was watching a Dolly Parton show on CMT, Biography Channel or something one time and they showed a performance of her doing He's Alive...I cried like a baby. It was frickin' amazing. She's awesome. Love her.

Some of my faves:

Ronnie Milsap - Any Day Now
George Strait - Amarillo by Morning (LOVE THIS SONG!)
The Highwaymen - Highway Man
Eddie Rabbitt - Drivin' My Life Away and I Love a Rainy Night
John Anderson - Swingin'
Johnny Lee - Lookin' for Love (or Wookin' Pa Nub. LOL)
Randy Travis - Forever and Ever Amen
9 to 5 - Miss Dolly

Just to name a few...

Sorry...the subject line says 80's divas...but I included dudes too.

[chiliD]

Trisha's career started in the '90s, I believe (and Patty Loveless just got in under the wire since her first album came out in 1988)

[strandinthewind]

Juice Newton - BAAAAHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEAAAAAAKKKKKKK it to me gently . . . .

LOVE HER!

[ELIUD]

I love Bonnie Tyler's "It's a Heartache", but that's about it. All the other country I like is from the 50s-70s.

[mikeschmike]

Here's a few:

Judds- Mama He's Crazy
Reba- Little Rock, They Asked About You, Does He Love You
Kathy Mattea- Where've You Been
Crystal Gayle- Talking in Your Sleep, Somebody Loves You, When I Dream
Dottie West- Lesson in Leavin'
All of the Dolly/Kenny duets
Loretta and Conway- Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man

[michelle2677]

Is it women only?
i dont know many male country artists who would consider themselves a "diva" :p

[goldustsongbird]

Here's a few:

Judds- Mama He's Crazy


Yessssss! I love that song. Just ask Nick, I was singing it last night. :laugh:

[mikeschmike]

Yessssss! I love that song. Just ask Nick, I was singing it last night. :laugh:

Sweet! Was Nick singing with you?

[GypsySorcerer]

Some of the songs are from the early 1990s.... I included boys because I felt like it. :p

"Whoever's in New England", "You Lie", "Fancy" -- Reba
"We Both Walk", "Something in Red" -- Lorrie Morgan
"Grandpa" -- The Judds
"Maybe it was Memphis" -- Pam Tillis

"Amarillo By Morning" (I'm with you Christy), George Strait
"When You Say Nothing At All," "Don't Close Your Eyes" -- Keith Whitley
"Look Heart, No Hands" -- Randy Travis
"Tennessee River", "Mountain Music," "Fallin' Again," "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" -- Alabama

[BirdInFlight]

Absolutely anything by K.T. Oslin. Especially "Didn't Expect It To Go Down This Way". Goodschtuff. :thumbsup:

[Wild_Heart03]

Sweet! Was Nick singing with you?

lol, 'fraid not. :p

Wow, let's see... my list could go on for ages. I hold my right to include early-90s, as I consider it pseudo 80s. :laugh:

Reba McEntire: anything of hers. That woman can do no wrong in my eyes. my personal favorite would have to be "I Know How He Feels" though.

Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache, Tennessee Flat Top Box, Hold On, I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me

Lorrie Morgan - Dear Me, Something In Red, Out Of Your Shoes, Five Minutes

Sweethearts Of The Rodeo - Since I Found You, Midnight Girl In A Sunset Town

KT Oslin - 80s Ladies, Hold Me, Come Next Monday

The Judds - Mama He's Crazy, Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days), Love Is Alive

Patty Loveless - Chains, Timber I'm Falling In Love, Hurt Me Bad (In A Real Good Way)

Forester Sisters - I Fell In Love Again Last Night, (I'd Choose) You Again

just to name a few, lol.

[goldustsongbird]

Sweet! Was Nick singing with you?

I wish! We could've done some mad harmonies & had a great synth solo.

[Jen77]

I love anything by The Judds or Reba... love 'em both.

[JazmenFlowers]

I'll ignore the D word, as it makes me want to tear my eyeballs out of my head.
pardon me. I can't keep up with everyone's vernacular or disdain thereof. I didn't really mean to exclude men.
All of the Dolly/Kenny duets
Loretta and Conway- Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
yes lawd. I certainly love You're the Reason Our Kids are Ugly and The Letter too.


KT Oslin - 80s Ladies, Hold Me
my favorites by her

[markolas]

Eh, I prefer '50s and '60s country, and some '70s. I like Dwight Yoakam, but he's not a diva. And k.d. lang's country period. I kind of like the Judds, but really only two songs - Why Not Me and Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain. Wynonna solo is great...she's actually pretty eclectic.

[mikeschmike]

I wish! We could've done some mad harmonies & had a great synth solo.

That would be awesome. Of course there's the dillema of who gets to be Naomi and who gets to be Wynonna. No fighting!:D

[JazmenFlowers]

That would be awesome. Of course there's the dillema of who gets to be Naomi and who gets to be Wynonna. No fighting!:D
while y'all fight, I'll be Ashley!

[mikeschmike]

while y'all fight, I'll be Ashley!

Natch... :D

[carrie721]

Dolly - He's Alive (totally LOL!)

i need to get my hands on white limozeen. you recommended it to me ages ago but damned if i can find it.

[Wild_Heart03]

That would be awesome. Of course there's the dillema of who gets to be Naomi and who gets to be Wynonna. No fighting!:D

Lisa can be Naomi - that way she's older :laugh:

[goldustsongbird]

Lisa can be Naomi - that way she's older :laugh:

Oh no you di-in't!

[Wild_Heart03]

Oh no you di-in't!

well fine, be Wynonna. :laugh:

[goldustsongbird]

well fine, be Wynonna. :laugh:

Thank you! Now you're the one stuck with bad plastic surgery. :p

[Wild_Heart03]

Thank you! Now you're the one stuck with bad plastic surgery. :p

Ashley? :lol: :lol:

[goldustsongbird]

Ashley? :lol: :lol:

Naomi!!

(extrawords?)

[Wild_Heart03]

Naomi!!

(extrawords?)

I knew who you meant - I just felt like taking a shot at Ashley Judd while I had the chance. :p

As for being Naomi, why not? She did get to wear that red plastic dress once :laugh:

[goldustsongbird]

I knew who you meant - I just felt like taking a shot at Ashley Judd while I had the chance. :p

As for being Naomi, why not? She did get to wear that red plastic dress once :laugh:

:lol: You do NOT want to see me in an outfit like that! It'd suit you so much better.

[sparky]

pardon me. I can't keep up with everyone's vernacular or disdain thereof. I didn't really mean to exclude men.



Oh, no problem with excluding men. The word diva just grates.

Of course, you don't, but the word does.

:wavey:

[sara1998]

I love me some Reba, Pam Tillis, The Judds, Wynonna Judd, Roseanne Cash.... seems like I'm missing someone. I can't hear You Lie by Reba without bawling.

[JazmenFlowers]

Of course, you don't, but the word does.
oic.

:laugh:

[goldustsongbird]

I love me some Reba, Pam Tillis, The Judds, Wynonna Judd, Roseanne Cash.... seems like I'm missing someone. I can't hear You Lie by Reba without bawling.

I.love.Reba. :thumbsup:

[CelticGypsy]

Dolly and Kenny - Islands in the Stream. Love this song!

Dolly - Nine to Five

She is a great country singer:)

[Macfanforever]

Wynonna and her Mom.Sweethearts of the rodeo,Dolly,Tanya,Pam Tillis, Kathy Mattea,Rosanne Cash,Reba,Forrester sisters,Trisha Yearwood,Patty Loveless,
Crystal Gayle and sister Loretta Lynn,Tammy,Janie Frickie,Dottie West,KT Oslin,Gail Davies,Girls Next Door,Stevie look alike sound alike Paulette Carlson of Highway 101,Kathy Baillie of Baillie & The Boys .Barbara Mandrell ,Jennifer Warnes,Jeannie Kendall of the Kendalls,Lorrie Morgan,Mary Chapin Carpenter ,Michelle Wright,Shelly West,Suzy Boggus ,Hum Stevie with After the Glitter Fades and Leather and Lace,Country radio played them.Sylvia,Emmylou Harris I had chance to meet Emmylou Back stage twice, I wish I had that luck at Stevie's shows.I could list more, and all the songs will fill this website.

[JazmenFlowers]

Jeannie Kendall of the Kendalls
were the Kendalls a father, mother and daughter group? if so, I used to LOVE them and haven't been able to find any of their stuff.