| "Harper Valley PTA" | ||||
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| Single by Jeannie C. Riley | ||||
| from the album Harper Valley P.T.A. | ||||
| B-side | "Yesterday All Day Long Today" | |||
| Published | October 28, 1968 by Newkeys Music, Inc. (original copyright December 26, 1967)[1] | |||
| Released | August 1968 | |||
| Genre | Country, country pop | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Plantation | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom T. Hall[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Shelby Singleton | |||
| Jeannie C. Riley singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Harper Valley P.T.A." on YouTube | ||||
"Harper Valley PTA" is a country song written by Tom T. Hall,[1] which in 1968 became a major international hit single for country singer Jeannie C. Riley. Riley's record, her debut, sold over six million copies as a single, and it made her the first woman to top both the Billboard Hot 100 and the U.S. Hot Country Singles charts with the same song (but not at the same time), a feat that would not be repeated until Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" 13 years later in 1981. It was also Riley's only Top 40 pop hit.
Publisher Newkeys Music, Inc. filed the original copyright on December 26, 1967, which was revised on October 28, 1968, to reflect new lyrics added by Hall.[1]
Nashville studio musician-producer Jerry Kennedy played the dobro prominent on the record.[2]
- ^ a b c d Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1968). Catalog of Copyright Entries 3D Ser Vol 22 Pt 5 Secs 1-2. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ Cusic, Don. (1998) "Jerry Kennedy". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, ed. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 277–278.