- Leona Williams( Leona Belle Helton )【 3 albums 30 lyrics 】
- Leona Belle Helton (born January 7, 1943 in Vienna, Missouri) is an American country music singer known professionally as Leona Williams. Active since 1958, Williams has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard, to whom she was married between 1978 and 1983. She also charted eight times on Hot Country Songs, with her only Top 40 hit being a duet with Haggard titled 'The Bull and the Beaver.'
Biography
Leona Belle Helton was born January 7, 1943 in Vienna, Missouri. Active in her family's band since childhood, she had a radio program on KWOS in Jefferson City, Missouri when she was fifteen. Later on, she worked as a bass guitarist and backing vocalist in Loretta Lynn's road band. By 1968, Williams signed to the Hickory record label and released two singles: 'Once More' and 'Country Girl with Hot Pants On.' In 1976, she recorded the album San Quentin's First Lady for MCA Records, which was the first country album recorded by a female artist inside a prison. She also joined Merle Haggard's road band in the mid-1970s, supplanting his estranged wife, Bonnie Owens. Leona wrote two of Merle's No. 1 hits, 'Someday When Things Are Good', and 'You Take Me For Granted'. She also wrote songs for Connie Smith--'Dallas', Loretta Lynn--'Get Whatcha Got And Go', and others. Between 1978 and 1983, she was married to Haggard, and in 1978, the two charted in the country Top Ten with the song 'The Bull and the Beaver.' She recorded two singles for Elektra Records in 1981, and charted another duet with Haggard titled 'We're Strangers Again.' She later married singer-songwriter Dave Kirby in 1985, and remained married to him until his 2004 death. Williams continues to tour with her son, Ron.
In 2017, Williams won the Honky Tonk Female honour at the Ameripolitan Music Awards. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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By George, This Is Leona Williams
2012
1.Ole George (Provided)
2.Window Up Above (Provided)
3.A Picture of Me (Without You) (Provided)
4.He Thinks I Still Care (Provided)
5.I'll Share My World With You (Provided)
6.Color of the Blues (Provided)
7.Medley: The Race Is On / White Lightnin' / Why Baby Why (Provided)8.I'm Not Ready Yet (Provided)
9.Walk Through This World With Me (Provided)
10.Things Have Gone to Pieces (Provided)
11.When the Grass Grows Over Me (Provided)
12.He Stopped Loving Her Today (Provided)
13.You Comb Her Hair Every Morning (Provided)
14.Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes (Provided) -
Leona Williams Sings Merle Haggard
2008
1.Workin' Girl Blues (Provided)
2.Bottle Let Me Down (Provided)
3.It's Not Love (Provided)
4.I Started Loving You Again (Provided)
5.If We're Not Back in Love By Monday (Provided)
6.Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) (Provided)
7.You Take Me for Granted (Provided)8.Fighting Side of Me (Provided)
9.Hungry Eyes (Provided)
10.Someday When Things Are Good (Provided)
11.If We Make It Through December (Provided)
12.Okie From Muskogee (Provided)
13.Medley Everybody's Had the Blues/trying Not to Love You/someday (Provided) -
Miscellaneous
1.Tom Lucas
2.Everybody Loves Me But You3.The Old Place Is Gone
【Correction of errors in the album information】