RILEY, JEANNIE C.
(*1945)
RILEY, JEANNIE C. (b. Jeanne Caroline Stephenson, Anson, Tex., October 19, 1945) Riley is a country one-hit wonder who scored big with her cover of TOM T. HALL 's Harper Valley P.T.A. in 1968. She is probably most responsible for bringing a hipper look to country music, complete with miniskirts and boots, which at the time were certainly daring stage wear for a country artist. Riley grew up in a small Texas town, where her father was an auto mechanic. She began singing locally while still a…