10-22-2022, 09:59 AM
In addition to losing a true country music superstar in Loretta Lynn, the early part of this month also saw the passing of two female music acts whose music ran the gamut. First was Mary McCaslin who left us on October 2 at the age of 75. She did a lot of work with one-time husband Jim Ringer, who passed in 1992. After his passing she moved ahead as a solo act. In addition to originals, Ms. McCaslin covered many of the pop, folk and country hits of the time. Most notable were her covers of the Beatles hit "Things We Said Today" and "Ghost Riders In the Sky" which was originally recorded by Vaughn Monroe in the early 1950s and became a substantial hit for Johnny Cash two decades later.
Jody Miller left us on October 8 at age 80. Her biggest claim to fame was "Queen of the House", an answer to the Roger Miller (no relation) classic "King of the Road". Her next hit was a quintessential 1960a protest song "Home of the Brave". Ms. Miller resurfaced in the 1970a as a country act specializing in remakes of earlier pop hits, most notably "Baby I'm Yours", which had previously been a hit for Barbara Lewis. By the 1980s she was pretty much retired from music.
Jody Miller left us on October 8 at age 80. Her biggest claim to fame was "Queen of the House", an answer to the Roger Miller (no relation) classic "King of the Road". Her next hit was a quintessential 1960a protest song "Home of the Brave". Ms. Miller resurfaced in the 1970a as a country act specializing in remakes of earlier pop hits, most notably "Baby I'm Yours", which had previously been a hit for Barbara Lewis. By the 1980s she was pretty much retired from music.