1. Patty Loveless was born on Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4,1957 and is an American country music singer.
57 Facts About Patty Loveless
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Patty Loveless began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985.
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Patty Loveless's music is defined by a mix of sounds, including neotraditional country, country pop, and bluegrass music, with her singing voice garnering favorable comparisons to Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris.
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Patty Loveless has collaborated with Vince Gill, George Jones, and Dwight Yoakam, among others.
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Patty Loveless has won five awards from the Country Music Association, two from the Academy of Country Music, and two Grammy Awards.
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Patty Loveless was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 22,2023.
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Patty Loveless was born Patricia Lee Ramey on January 4,1957, in Pikeville, Kentucky to Naomi and John Ramey.
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Patty Loveless was raised in nearby Elkhorn City, Kentucky, where her father worked in a coal mine.
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Patty Loveless contracted black lung disease as a result of the job, forcing the family to move to Louisville, Kentucky, to facilitate his medical treatments.
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Patty Loveless spent much of the late 1970s playing rock cover songs at various venues in the Midwestern United States.
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At the time, Patty Loveless said she was inspired by the rise of neotraditional country in the mid-1980s through such acts as Dwight Yoakam, The Judds, and Randy Travis.
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Patty Loveless recorded five of her own songs on a demo tape, which her brother Roger sent to MCA Records' Nashville division.
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Patty Loveless began recording music for MCA with production assistance from both Brown and Emory Gordy Jr.
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However, Patty Loveless noted that "I Did" was highly popular among fans and concertgoers despite its low chart showing and successfully convinced label executives to allow the release of a full album.
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That album, the self-titled Patty Loveless, was released in 1986.
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Patty Loveless had written "I Did" at age 17 after undergoing a breakup, and it is the only single in her career that she wrote.
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Patty Loveless had originally recorded "After All" as a demo for songwriters Jimbeau Hinson and Harry Stinson, who had intended for the song to be recorded by Reba McEntire.
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When McEntire chose not to record the song, the two songwriters allowed Patty Loveless to keep it.
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Patty Loveless supported her debut album by touring with George Jones, which led to the two singing "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" together in concerts.
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MCA promoted the album through CMT, which included a prize drawing where fans could win a trip to see Patty Loveless perform at Billy Bob's Texas, a nightclub in Fort Worth, Texas.
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In 1990 Patty Loveless released her fourth studio album, On Down the Line.
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Patty Loveless charted within the top five with the album's title track, another composition by Kostas.
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Patty Loveless ended her tenure on MCA with Up Against My Heart in 1991.
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In 1992, Patty Loveless ended her contract with MCA and fired her brother Roger from his position as her manager.
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Patty Loveless's last MCA release was a Greatest Hits package in 1993.
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Patty Loveless signed with Epic Records in late 1992 following her departure from MCA.
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Patty Loveless won Top Female Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music in both 1995 and 1996.
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Bob Cannon of Entertainment Weekly thought that Patty Loveless displayed a wider emotional range on the album than other contemporary female country artists, contrasting her vocal delivery on "Halfway Down" and "You Don't Even Know Who I Am".
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In late 1997, Patty Loveless reached the top 20 of the country charts with the George Jones duet "You Don't Seem to Miss Me".
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Patty Loveless's next Epic release was a compilation titled Classics, issued in 1999.
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Patty Loveless took a brief recording hiatus at the end of the decade due to her contracting pneumonia and Gordy requiring emergency surgery for pancreatitis.
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Patty Loveless returned in 2000 with the studio project Strong Heart.
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Patty Loveless released a pair of bluegrass albums between 2001 and 2002.
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Patty Loveless said she had wanted to do an acoustic bluegrass album since 1992 when she met Ralph Stanley.
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Patty Loveless covered Gordy's composition "Cheap Whiskey", previously a single for Martina McBride in 1992.
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Patty Loveless later said that she and Emory Gordy wanted to mix the "traditional" bluegrass feel of Mountain Soul with more contemporary instruments such as drums and electric guitar.
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Patty Loveless selected the first single to be a cover of Rodney Crowell's "Lovin' All Night".
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The album led to Patty Loveless receiving Female Vocalist of the Year nominations from both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association, while the title track was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
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In 2004, Patty Loveless contributed backing vocals to Alan Jackson's single "Monday Morning Church".
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In 2006, Patty Loveless appeared on rock singer Bob Seger's Face the Promise as a duet partner on the track "The Answer's in the Question".
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Seger was initially unsure if Patty Loveless would approve, but the two agreed after realizing they were fans of each other's music.
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Patty Loveless then took a hiatus from recording, due in part to Epic closing its Nashville branch.
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Patty Loveless included a number of traditional Christian songs such as "Children of Abraham", which she sang a cappella.
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Patty Loveless chose to include Christian material on the project as she had previously sung "Amazing Grace" with Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris while on tour with them.
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Patty Loveless provided vocals to the track "Dear Diamond" on Miranda Lambert's 2010 album Four the Record.
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Patty Loveless chose to join the program as her sister Dottie had died of the disease.
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Patty Loveless appeared on albums by Angaleena Presley, Elizabeth Cook, Trisha Yearwood, and Carly Pearce.
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In October 2022, Patty Loveless was one of several performers at Kentucky Rising, a benefit concert held at Rupp Arena to raise funds for victims of flooding in Kentucky.
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The editors of Country Music: The Encyclopedia describe Patty Loveless as having a "straight-from-the-heart, strong yet vulnerable vocal style", which they compared favorably to Loretta Lynn and Kitty Wells.
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Patty Loveless wrote that "[l]ike neo-traditionalist Emmylou Harris, she isn't afraid of a sassy country rock beat or progressive lyrics that paint her as a woman who knows what she wants from love".
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An uncredited article in The Courier-News of Bridgewater, New Jersey, stated that Patty Loveless was "[b]lessed with a natural honky-tonk moan and heart-on-sleeve vocal honesty".
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Patty Loveless told CMA Close Up in 1996 that production sessions usually began with Gordy recording just her vocals and an acoustic guitar track to determine her vocal tone for each track before adding in other instruments.
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Patty Loveless stated that she did not like recording songs about relationships if they cast men in a negative light; she said she initially rejected "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" for this reason until she realized the song's second verse showed the failing relationship from the male's perspective, as well.
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Patty Loveless was formally inducted by her friend Vince Gill at a medallion ceremony on November 22,2023.
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Patty Loveless previously confirmed as such in a 1990 interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Patty Loveless told The Los Angeles Times in 1995 that their relationship inspired the title track of When Fallen Angels Fly, as both of them had been in prior relationships and were uncertain if they would successfully develop another until they met each other.
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Patty Loveless has won five Country Music Association awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, and two Grammy Awards.