Jean Chapel
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Birth name | Opal Jean Amburgey |
Also known as | Mattie O'Neil The Female Elvis |
Born | March 6, 1925 Fleming-Neon, Kentucky, US |
Died | August 12, 1995 Port Orange, Florida, US | (aged 70)
Genres | Country |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Opal Jean Amburgey (March 6, 1925 – August 12, 1995[1]), known professionally as Jean Chapel, was an American country singer and songwriter. She recorded for several record labels and wrote over 400 songs, more than 170 of which were published in her lifetime.
Biography
Amburgey was born into a family of six children in
In 1947, she married
In 1956, she recorded a few
After Chapel divorced Holmes in 1956, she moved to Nashville and devoted herself primarily to songwriting. She befriended Tammy Wynette, who would later briefly marry her brother, Don (shortly before her marriage to George Jones). Wynette asked her to record the duet "Crazy Me".
Chapel's greatest success in the music industry was as a songwriter, penning "Lonely Again", a number one song for Eddy Arnold. Chapel also wrote “Baby, That's Living”, which went number two in the U.S. She also wrote "Lay Some Happiness on Me", one of Dean Martin's most successful records of the 1960s and in 1973 her song "To Get to You", a hit for Jerry Wallace, was nominated for Song of the Year by the Country Music Association. Among the other artists to record Chapel songs are Liz Anderson, Nancy Sinatra, Tommy Overstreet, Charlie McCoy, and Lorrie Morgan.
Chapel died August 12, 1995, in Port Orange, Florida.
Discography
Year | Title | Record label |
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1954 | Tennessee Courtin' Time / That Does It | Hickory |
1955 | You Gave Me Your Name / Part Of Your Heart | Hickory |
1956 | Welcome To The Club / I Won't be Rockin' Tonight | Sun |
1956 | Welcome To The Club / I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight | RCA |
1957 | Oo-Ba La Baby / I Had A Dream | RCA |
1959 | The Little Martian / Waiting | Cleff-Tone |
1962 | It Hurts Me / Turn Around And Walk Away | Crest |
1963 | Don't Let Go / Your Tender Love | Smash |
1966 | Tell It Like It Is | not issued |
References
- Footnotes
- ISBN 978-0-19-992083-9.
- General references
- Jean Chapel at Allmusic