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Juice Newton & Silver Spur is the eponymous debut studio album by country-rock trio Juice Newton & Silver Spur. The album contains Newton's first charting single, "Love Is a Word", and the original version of "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)", which was re-recorded in 1981 as a Newton solo piece and became a number-one hit.
Mit ihrem Freund, dem Gitarristen und Songwriter Otha Young, gründete sie die Rockformation Dixie Peach und ein Jahr später das Folk-Rock-Trio Juice Newton & Silver Spur. 1975 zogen sie nach Los Angeles, wo sie wenig später vom Label RCA unter Vertrag genommen wurden.
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- Early Music Career
- Early 1980s Pop Music Success
- From Pop to Country
- 1990s to Present
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Newton was born in Lakehurst, New Jersey, but graduated from First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her mother encouraged her interest in music, giving Newton a guitar for her 13th birthday. After high school graduation, Newton attended Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, where she also performed folk music in some loc...
In the early 1970s, Newton, Otha Young and Tom Kealey formed a band that would eventually be called Juice Newton & Silver Spur, which was signed to RCA Records. The group released two albums for RCA, in 1975 and 1976, but scored only one charting country single with "Love Is a Word". The band was dropped by RCA, then joined Capitol Recordsin 1977. ...
In 1981, Newton's third solo album, simply titled Juice, was released. It spawned three consecutive Top-10 pop hits, namely "Angel of the Morning" (written by Chip Taylor), "Queen of Hearts", and an updated version of "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" (the original version had appeared on the Silver Spur debut album) earned Newton the first of...
Newton had always been moderately popular in country music; she responded to her waning popularity in the pop market by targeting her next album, 1985's Old Flame, solely to country audiences. The strategic move was a success; the album revitalized her career, reached No. 12 on the Billboard album chart and featured six Top-10 country hits, includi...
In 1994, Newton contributed the track "Lovers of One Day" to an Édith Piaf tribute album which also included songs by Pat Benatar and Donna Summer. In 1995, Newton recorded a double-album of pop duets (which was slated to be sold via infomercial), but the project was riddled with legal issues, resulting in a low-impact, "accidental" release of the ...
Newton bought a thoroughbred gelding named Puppy in 1983 and stabled him at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. The center's manager was polo star and coach Tom Goodspeed. Newton married Goodspeed in 1985, and the couple had two children: Jessica and Tyler. Now divorced, Newton lives in San Diego, California. Besides continuing in the music business...
Studio albums
1. Juice Newton & Silver Spur(1975) 2. After the Dust Settles(1976) 3. Come to Me(1977) 4. Well Kept Secret(1978) 5. Take Heart(1979) 6. Juice(1981) 7. Quiet Lies(1982) 8. Dirty Looks(1983) 9. Can't Wait All Night(1984) 10. Old Flame(1985) 11. Emotion(1987) 12. Ain't Gonna Cry(1989) 13. The Trouble with Angels(1998) 14. American Girl(1999) 15. The Gift of Christmas(2007) 16. Duets: Friends & Memories(2010)
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The discography of American singer Juice Newton consists of 17 studio albums, one live album, 10 compilation albums, 39 singles, one video album, nine music videos, five guest appearances on all-star tribute albums, and dramatic readings in two audiobook anthologies.
Juice Newton & Silver Spur is the eponymous debut studio album by country-rock trio Juice Newton & Silver Spur. The album contains Newton's first charting single, "Love Is a...
