Sandy Posey

Born in Jasper, Alabama, in June of 1944, Sandra Lou Posey moved to Memphis in her teens. Upon leaving school, she was employed as a receptionist at a recording studio.

Sandy’s talents as a vocalist led her into the field of recording. Firstly, as a session singer during which time she supported artists such as Elvis Presley, Percy Sledge, Tommy Roe, Joe Tex and Bobby Goldsboro.

Once she was signed up to sing by MGM Records, her recording career as a solo artist began. In all, Sandy Posey was to release four singles that were destined to become hits. Each single possessed a similar theme. A theme that, in some quarters, was perceived to be an anti-feminist one.

“Born A Woman” — for which Sandy was nominated for a Grammy Award — reached No.12 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, in August of 1966. It achieved varying degrees of success internationally, for example in Britain it peaked at No.24 while in Australia it rose to No.3.

Sandy’s follow-up, “Single Girl”, again reached No.12 in her homeland and No.3 in Australia whilst, in Britain, it was to become her most successful release when it climbed to No.15. Both singles had emanated from the pen of Martha Sharp, who, too, was to turn to recording, in later years.

In 1967, the third single, “What A Woman In Love Won’t Do”, written by John D. Loudermilk, performed moderately by comparison, and it was left to “I Take It Back” to return Sandy to No.12 in America, in the middle of that year. Each of the first three songs had spawned an album which bore the same name as the single that had preceded it, and, “I Take It Back” continued this trend.

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The expiration of Sandy Posey’s contract with MGM resulted in somewhat of a hiatus in her career. However, in 1971, she reappeared, as a country artist, having been signed to record by Columbia Records. Despite Sandy’s career in country being a relatively lengthy one, it became sporadic as she moved from label to label. None of her singles between 1971 and 1983 performed outstandingly well, with her most successful being her initial entry, “Bring Him Safely Home To Me”, which reached its zenith at No.18, early in 1972.

 

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