Posted on 11/15/2016 7:03:20 AM PST by OttawaFreeper
Holly Dunn, a well-known voice in country music in the 1980s and ’90s, has died following a battle with a rare, very aggressive type of ovarian cancer. She was 59 years old. Nashville TV station WSMV reported the news of Dunn’s death around 7:30AM ET on Tuesday (Nov. 15), noting that Dunn had passed away in the early morning hours. According to the news outlet, funeral arrangements have yet to be announced. Born on Aug. 22, 1957, Holly Suzette Dunn — the sister of Nashville songwriter Chris Waters — performed in bands during high school and college, then moved to Music City. She worked as a demo singer and songwriter before signing with MTM Records and releasing her first album, Holly Dunn, in 1986. Throughout her career, Dunn released nine studio albums and earned a number of Top 40 country hits, including two No. 1s, “Are You Ever Gonna Love Me” and “You Really Had Me Going.”
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59 is too young
One of my favorites, too.
What a sad sad shame... She was a beautiful songbird. One of songs, “Daddy’s Hands” was amazing.
RIP Sweet lady.
wow :( I remember her well :(
She was very pretty and a wonderful voice.
Saw her two or three times in concert. Once at a VFW in Sapulpa, OK.
I believe her mom was an artist in Sedona, AZ?
59 is way too damned young.
Rest in Peace.
Looking at her wikipedia entry, it’s “Daddy’s Hands” that I remember hearing quite a bit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Dunn
I’m sure she was very talented, I’ll have to look into her music more.
Dang, I guess she is Dunn.
I have a couple of her albums “Across the Rio Grande” and “The Blue Rose of Texas” (which is a real understated gem, IMHO).
When I was going to school in Kingston, Ontario, there was a country nightclub that I would sneak away from the student area to in order to enjoy my weekend nights. The Rodeo Roadhouse was one of the better known country nightspots in Eastern Ontario and a few singers played there before really hitting it big (Alan Jackson just before he scored with “Here in the Real World” in 1990 was one). Holly was another who played a set of nights there (before I lived in the area).
Another memory I have is one day I was watching on TNN an interview with Holly and she showed parts of a large collection of Roy Rogers memorabilia that she had. She had some neat, interesting things on display. Hoping I am not going on too much about all of this.
Oh, too bad. She had a fine voice and was very pretty.
RIP.
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