Music career Pam Tillis

1 music career

1.1 1983-1990: above , beyond doll of cutey
1.2 1990-92: put in place
1.3 1992-93: homeward looking angel
1.4 1995-1999
1.5 acting career
1.6 2002–present: career today

music career

tillis (third left) strutt band, 1982


1983-1990: above , beyond doll of cutey

tillis released debut single every home should have 1 in 1981, did not chart. followed debut album above , beyond doll of cutey in 1983, did not produce charting singles either. charted 5 more times while on warner, entering hot country songs first time in 1984 number 71 goodbye highway , although neither nor next 5 singles ever included on album. 1 of other chart entries in timespan, memories of , later number 5 hit dolly parton, emmylou harris , linda ronstadt. tillis left label , became staff songwriter tree publishing in nashville. staff writer, tillis shifted focus contemporary country. tillis started making regular appearances on nashville network s nashville now, variety show hosted ralph emery.

1990-92: put in place

in 1989, tillis signed arista nashville. first arista single, don t tell me , released in december 1990, peaking @ number 5 on country charts in 1991. included on debut album put in place, co-produced paul worley , ed seay. included additional top 10 hits second , fourth singles: paul overstreet co-write 1 of things @ number 6 , maybe memphis @ number 3. tillis had cut these 2 songs while on warner in 1980s. album s title track reached number 11, , last single, blue rose , peaked @ number 21. album certified gold recording industry association of america (riaa). alanna nash of entertainment weekly gave album b+ rating, saying shows how can craft smart , sassy country material[…]and sell commanding, big-voiced presence .

1992-93: homeward looking angel

1992 s homeward looking angel produced top 5 hits shake sugar tree , let pony run . on former, worley incorporated demo version, sung stephanie bentley, tillis s recording. these songs followed cleopatra, queen of denial @ number 11 , know man @ number 16. included duet diamond rio lead singer marty roe titled love human , , song ve tried else , later covered michelle wright. album certified gold, reaching number 10 on top country albums chart , number 69 on billboard 200. nash gave c+, calling tillis s vocals irritatingly in-your-face . in 1993, won first major award country music, winning country music association vocal event of year george jones , friends don t need rockin chair . association named top female vocalist in 1994.

sweetheart s dance, tillis s fourth album, highest peak on top country albums @ number 6; certified platinum. first single, spilled perfume top 5 country hit in 1994, , follow-up, cover of jackie deshannon s when walk in room , peaked @ number 2. cover featured backing vocals mary chapin carpenter , kim richey. after came mi vida loca (my crazy life) , tillis s number 1 single on county charts. album s next single, blown away , made number 16 before tillis requested withdrawn single, had received calls fans expressed concern title after oklahoma city bombing. replacement in between dances , became top 5 hit year s end.

1995-1999

in late 1995, tillis released of love, certified gold riaa. produced album audio engineer mike poole. gave top 10 hits in deep down , river , highway . included on number 14 s lonely out there , wrote then-husband bob dipiero, , betty s got bass boat , spent 4 weeks on country charts , became first arista single miss top 40. included on album cover of bruce hornsby s mandolin rain . billboard rated album favorably, saying tillis continues mature singer . greatest hits followed in 1997. album featured 2 new tracks, released singles, ones gone , land of living , both reached top 5 in 1997.

in 1998, tillis released every time, produced billy joe walker, jr. lead-off single, said prayer , reached number 12, while title track peaked @ 38. jana pendragon of allmusic praised tillis s voice , song selection, although criticized usual overproduction characterizes nashville in 90s . year later, tillis charted @ number 50 after kiss soundtrack 1999 film happy, texas. 1 of several artists on collaborative single same old train multi-artist album tribute tradition, won grammy award best country collaboration vocals in 1999.

tillis became member of grand ole opry in 2000. same year, sang backing vocals on kenny chesney s top 10 single lost . appeared on opry s 75th birthday special on cbs, performing original song wrote tribute minnie pearl called 2 dollar hat . released last arista album, thunder & roses, in 2001. chart entry please , peaked @ number 22.

acting career

as singing, tillis has acted in guest spots on television , on stage. in 1998, tillis felt right time expand acting repertoire. appeared in back-to-back crossover episodes of promised land , diagnosis: murder on cbs , nbc s l.a. law. tillis later said, interest in acting started in 1989 when starred in tennessee repertory s jesus christ superstar mary magdalene, . has appeared on broadway in smokey joe s café ran 1995 2000. has appeared herself in several episodes of country music drama nashville.

2002–present: career today

tillis singing @ 2006 missouri state fair, opened show george jones.

in 2002, tillis signed sony music entertainment / epic records roots subsidiary lucky dog , debuted s relative: tillis sings tillis, collection of father s material found embracing legacy on own terms.

in 2007, tillis launched own record label, stellar cat records. first album, rhinestoned, released in april 2007. 2 singles released rhinestoned band in window , hard way both sent country radio in 2007. second album on stellar cat records in time christmas, released on november 13, 2007.

in 2012, released recollection , retrospective album. disc features fourteen re-recorded singles time @ arista. tillis began appearing in country music drama series nashville herself. in show, depicted friend of rayna jaymes (played connie britton) , appeared in season 5 attended character s funeral , later opry host welcoming deacon clayborne (charles esten) stage first time following rayna s death.

tillis released debut duets album lorrie morgan, titled dos divas in spring 2013, associated pair s grits , glamour tour. on november 10, 2017, tillis , morgan released second album, collection of classic country covers named after come see me , come lonely, song recorded dottie west.