[Gay State Conservative]

Back in the 50s...60s...70s...and beyond...there wasn't a single C&W radio station in Boston. C&W to me was like something from an alien planet. But there were "crossover" songs that were played on Top 40 stations...and Harper Valley PTA was one.

Great song.

[bigbob]

You could easily claim it’s one of the greatest songs in pop music history.

It deputed at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and then jumped to #7 the following week - the biggest one week jump in the chart’s history. Then it knocked The Beatles “Hey Jude” out of the #1 spot, and of course it was #1 on the Country chart as well.

Pretty hard to beat that! And both Tom T. Hall and Jeannie C. Riler were newcomers to the business, and she didn’t even like the song at first.