Judith Kay "Juice" Newton was born on February 18,1952 and is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician.
22 Facts About Juice Newton
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Juice Newton was born in Lakehurst, New Jersey, but graduated from First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Juice Newton's mother encouraged her interest in music, giving Newton a guitar for her 13th birthday.
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Juice Newton then formed a folk-rock band with guitarist and songwriter Otha Young, and toured bars in Northern California with her band.
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In late 1977, Juice Newton went solo, continuing to record for Capitol, and until 1982 Silver Spur remained the name of her backing band.
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Juice Newton sang backing vocals for three tracks on Bob Welch's platinum solo debut album, including his hit "Ebony Eyes".
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In 1979 Capitol's investment in Juice Newton began to pay off as Juice Newton had her first Top-40 Country hit with "Let's Keep It That Way".
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Juice Newton was the third female solo artist to be featured on MTV's first air date.
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Juice Newton sold more than a million copies in the United States and went Triple-Platinum in Canada.
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In 1982, Juice Newton received two Grammy nominations for Best Female Vocalist: one for "Angel of the Morning" in the Pop category, and another for "Queen of Hearts" in Country.
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In 1982, Juice Newton toured with country band Alabama on the "Salem Spirit" double-headliner tour.
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Juice Newton had always been moderately popular in country music; she responded to her waning popularity in the pop market by targeting her next album, 1985's Old Flame, solely to country audiences.
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Juice Newton's version was originally available only on a special edition of the Old Flame album and on the Eddie Rabbitt album Rabbitt Traxx.
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Juice Newton returned to the Top 10 in 1988 with "Tell Me True" from her 1987 album Emotion.
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Juice Newton took a hiatus from recording albums, touring sporadically until returning to the music scene in late 1990s when she released the albums The Trouble with Angels and American Girl.
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In 1994, Juice Newton contributed the track "Lovers of One Day" to an Edith Piaf tribute album which included songs by Pat Benatar and Donna Summer.
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In 1998, Juice Newton released "The Trouble with Angels", a collection of seven re-recorded hits and three new songs, including the single "When I Get Over You".
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In 2005, Juice Newton appeared on the TV show Hit Me Baby, One More Time on which she performed a folk-rock rendition of Ashlee Simpson's "Pieces Of Me" and a truncated version of "Queen of Hearts"; online voters selected Juice Newton's performance as their favorite of the five acts that appeared on the episode.
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On November 15,2007, Juice Newton released The Gift of Christmas, her first Christmas album.
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Juice Newton's recording is played for longer than four minutes during the film's climactic scene.
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Juice Newton bought a thoroughbred gelding named Puppy in 1983 and stabled him at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center.
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Juice Newton married Goodspeed in 1985, and the couple had two children: Jessica and Tyler.