Calamity Jane (country music band)

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Calamity Jane
OriginUnited States
Genres Country
Years active1981–1982
Labels Columbia Nashville
Spinoffs Kennedy Rose
Past membersMary Fielder
Mary Ann Kennedy
Linda Moore
Pam Rose

Calamity Jane was an American all-female country music band composed of Mary Fielder (guitar), Mary Ann Kennedy (drums), Linda Moore (bass guitar) and Pam Rose (lead vocals). The band recorded for Columbia Records between 1981 and 1982, charting four times on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts, including the No. 44 "I've Just Seen a Face" (by Lennon- McCartney from The Beatles) from 1982. [1] Prior to the quartet's foundation, Rose had been a solo recording artist on Capitol and Epic Records. [2] After 1982, Kennedy and Rose split from the band and formed a singing-songwriting duo called Kennedy Rose, writing hits for Restless Heart, Lee Greenwood, and Martina McBride in addition to recording two albums for IRS Records. [3]

Contents

Discography

Albums

TitleDetails
Calamity Jane

Singles

YearSinglePeak
positions
Album
US Country
1981"Send Me Somebody to Love"61Calamity Jane
1982"I've Just Seen a Face"44
"Walkin' After Midnight"60
"Love Wheel"87

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