1. Rissi Palmer was born on August 19,1981 and is an American country music artist.
16 Facts About Rissi Palmer
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Rissi Palmer is the host of Apple Music Country's show Color Me Country Radio with Rissi Palmer.
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Rissi Palmer was born in Sewickley, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and lived there until moving with her family to Eureka, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis, at the age of 12.
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Rissi Palmer has said her mother, who died when Rissi Palmer was seven, "was a huge Patsy Cline fan", while her father loved musicians such as Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Chaka Khan, and Santana.
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Rissi Palmer said she knew from a young age that she wanted to sing.
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In 2004, Rissi Palmer was one of several African-American artists featured in the documentary, Waiting in the Wings: African-Americans in Country Music, highlighting the contributions of African-Americans in country music while questioning why few have found success in the genre.
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Rissi Palmer performed at the 2nd Annual Black Girls Rock ceremony, along with Jean Baylor and Emily King in 2007.
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Rissi Palmer was at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 26,2008, and supported Barack Obama.
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Rissi Palmer was an invited performer at the White House for the National Tree Lighting Ceremony in December 2008.
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Rissi Palmer was featured in a 2005 CMT documentary about African-Americans and country music.
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Palmer's debut album, Rissi Palmer, was released on October 23,2007, by 1720 Entertainment.
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Rissi Palmer released a Christmas single in late 2008, "Grown Up Christmas List," before Rissi Palmer ultimately parted ways with her record label.
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On March 18,2014, Rissi Palmer launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of her follow-up to her self-titled debut, a five-song EP entitled The Back Porch Sessions.
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The title of the project is a nod to her great-grandmother's porch in Summerville, Georgia, where Rissi Palmer says she began singing as a child.
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On October 22,2019, Rissi Palmer released the full-length album, Revival.
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In 2024, Rissi Palmer's self-titled debut album was remastered and rereleased on streaming platforms, including three bonus tracks that were not originally included on the record.