Marie Osmond burst onto the scene in 1973, when, at the age of fourteen, she topped the country charts and reached the pop top five with her first single, “Paper Roses”. However, she wouldn’t return to number one or the top ten in country music, until 1985, when her duet with Dan Seals, ‘Meet Me In Montana”, was released.
Singing solidly in the pop-country sound that had dominated the early part of the decade, Marie’s first single of 1986, became her fourth, overall country top ten hit. Today’s Single Of The Day, “Read My Lips” made it’s Country 40 debut in April, and would climb to number four. A medium-up tempo piece that is a solid composition, featuring a good melody and using a great hook for the title.
Marie’s next release, the Paul Davis duet “You’re Still New To Me”, would ultimately be her final number one and top ten country hit. Two more Country 40 singles followed, but by 1988, her Country 40 career was all but over, as she, like many of her contemporaries, were finding it harder to get their music played, as the format shifted back towards a more traditional sound.
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Marie Osmond "Read My Lips" Single Of The Day
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