Duo knew they had a hit
This week in 1973:The United States asked Costa Rica to extradite fugitive Robert Vesco; John Dean plead the 5th amendment at a Watergate hearing; The U.S. Senate found ITT and the U.S. at fault for meddling in Chile elections; and a country music duo had another No. 1 single.
Sometimes an artist just seems to know that a song is a hit and according to Loretta Lynn, her 1973 No. 1 duet with Conway Twitty: “Louisiana Woman — Mississippi Man” was one of those tunes.
Loretta said, “Conway and I would met in Owen Bradley’s office and Owen would play us songs. Anytime he played a song that we both thought was a hit, Conway and I would just look at each other. Neither of us had to say a word because each of us knew what the other was thinking.”
She added “Louisiana Woman — Mississippi Man” was one of those songs. “The melody was good and the song had a good beat. And as soon as Owen played us the song, Conway and I just looked at each other – and grinned. We both thought it was a hit! And we told Owen that was a keeper. And we recorded it.”
The MCA single “Louisiana Woman – Mississippi Man” was written by Jim Owen and Becki Bluefield and came on the charts June 23, 1973 and made it to No. 1. It was on the charts for 14 weeks.
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