Anita Carter - Tulsa County

Anita Carter was, quite simply, one of the best female vocalists to ever live. This is her best single, from late '70. Where it was played, it was a major hit. This was written by Pam Polland and recorded by The Byrds.

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• Anita
• Carter
• Tulsa
• County
• Byrds
• Pam
• Pamela
• Polland
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• Angel

[peemer]

I had never seen this page until today, (5/6/10) and Iʻm so moved by all the compliments to my song. It was a great honor to have Anita record it some 40 years ago! Itʻs heartwarming to see how many people have enjoyed both her beautiful voice, and my song. Thank you all for the encouraging words!! And thank you to whomever created this wonderful slide show tribute to Anita. BEAUTIFUL!! Aloha from Maui, Pamela Polland

[mugwump790]

@peemer Ms. Polland, thank YOU for the comments! I have been a fan of yours since the second Stone Poneys single in early 1968! I was on your beautiful website before adding this a year ago, and enjoyed reading about your life and career. You have written the near-perfect love song with Tulsa County, and both you and Emmylou Harris will always be goddesses to those of us stuck in the South while the West Coast was happening! My very best...Chris Edwards.

[DougM63]

Tell me this aint better than 80 percent of the crap on the radio when it was released. I just dont get it. Mismanagemnt?, lack of material, that voice shouldve moved the entire country scene......?

[mugwump790]

It is, but Late 1970 was a bonanza of good Nashville Country. This was my pick hit at WDEN in Macon, and we took it to #2, right behind George Jones' Good Year for the Roses. The whole chart was just that good. The record arrived in the same package as Linda Ronstadt's Long Long Time, for example. Anita was a family woman and that came first. We are very fortunate that she presevered for over 60 of her short 66 year life. She lived to see herself become a legend. She is missed.

[mugwump790]

Please add &fmt=18 to the address line if this does not play in Hi-res.

[catman5169]

Working at a small town c/w station in the early '70's, I really loved to play this song. Sometimes I'd even say "By request" even if it was my own request~

[mbrand19971]

Just got through watching Anita do that on the johnny Cash show and it may had been one of her biggest charting records which she had several duet hits with Hank Snow & Waylon Jennings. She was a true artist that had a voice no one will ever hear the likes again.

[fernhollow1928]

Beautiful voice, beautiful woman, beautiful song! I could fall in love with the voice alone!

[OdinX316]

She should have been promoted more she is great! i am sad she is gone, we lost a wonderful voice and i am sure a beautiful person.

[peemer]

@swansrule1 Thank you! I was very honored that she chose to sing one of my songs, and it's very special to me to hear that someone is still enjoying it well over 40 years later!

[swansrule1]

@peemer This song is brilliant, I listen to it all the time, Anita Carter= the best voice in country music.

[wkat950]

@mugwump790 there's an aircheck of you from WDEN in 1970, oddly enough, floating around the Internet. I got hold of it and you did a bang-up job as jock (and engineer). Too bad you scoped out much of the commercials and news but it's still a piece of Georgia broadcast history. WDEN's still goin' strong despite losing some great jocks (Gail Daniels, Rick Knight, Jerry Marshall) over the past decade.

[Paxtoranious]

Lovely music and voice, I just bought a new cd with this family advertising a supermarket and then they sing together thanks for uploading this one of the girls from country fan in New Zealand

[gpadawg]

Thanks to all who have shared Anita with the world, and reintroduced me to her crystal voice.

[peemer]

@mugwump790 Hi Chris, thank you AGAIN for an even more detailed compliment!!

I have some new recordings brewing... I think if you go to my YouTube Channel ("Peemer") you can send me a private message with your email address, and then I can send you a sample of what Iʻll be releasing this Summer. Aloha, p