Jeannie C. Riley

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Jeannie C. Riley
Riley at the Civic Center in Lansing, Michigan, on February 4, 1973
Background information
Birth name	Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson
Born	(1945-10-19) October 19, 1945 (age 78) Anson, Texas, United States
Origin	Anson, Texas, United States
Genres	Country music, gospel
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1967–present
Labels	Little Darlin Records Plantation Records Capitol Records MGM Records Mercury Records Warner Bros. Records MCA Records

Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson; October 19, 1945)^[1] is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which missed by one week simultaneously becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number-one hit.^[2]

Riley later saw moderate country music chart action but never again duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". She became a born-again Christian in the mid-1970s and began recording gospel music during the late 1970s.