Farmer's Daughter (band)
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Farmer's Daughter is a Canadian country music
group. Farmer's Daughter recorded three studio albums and charted sixteen singles on the Canadian country music charts. Their highest charting single was the Number One song "Cornfields or Cadillacs
."
's Jake Leiske talked Alberta
's Shauna Rae Samogard into forming a country music band. Jake and Shauna Rae had toured together before with their family's gospel
group when they were 5 and 2 years old, respectively. By the fall of that same year, they joined forces with Manitoba
's Angela Kelman, to form Farmer's Daughter.
In 1993, the Vancouver
-based group independently released their debut album, Girls Will Be Girls
, on Stubble Jumper Music. The album generated seven hits, including "Borderline Angel," "Family Love," "I Wanna Hold You" and a cover of the Dusty Springfield
hit "Son of a Preacher Man
." Girls Will Be Girls was named Album of the Year by the British Columbia Country Music Association
(BCCMA) in 1994, and the band won the Vista Rising Star Award from the Canadian Country Music Association
(CCMA) the following year. They swept the 1996 British Columbia Country Music Awards, winning Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, as well as Song and Single of the Year awards for "Borderline Angel."
In 1996, Farmer's Daughter signed to Universal Music Canada and released their second album, Makin' Hay
, in September. The album went gold
in Canada and produced five more hit singles, including "Lonely Gypsy Wind," "Now That I'm On My Own," "You Said" and the top 5 "Cornfields or Cadillacs
." They were named Group of the Year by the CCMA in 1997, Best Country Group or Duo
at the Juno Award
s in 1998, and both Group and Entertainer of the Year by the BCCMA in 1997 and 1998.
Their third album, This Is the Life
, was released in October 1998, also by UMG Canada. They took a more hands-on approach, producing the album with Marc Ramaer (K.D. Lang
). Two singles from the CD reached the Canadian Top 10, "Freeway" and "Blue Horizon." Farmer's Daughter continued their domination at the BCCMA Awards in 1999, winning Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, Song of the Year ("Blue Horizon"), Single of the Year ("Blue Horizon") and Album of the Year (This Is The Life).
The band released their greatest hits album, The Best of Farmer's Daughter
, in 1999. The CD included 11 of Farmer's Daughter's biggest hits, along with two new songs, "Walkin' In The Sunshine" (#8) and "You And Only You" (#12). They were once again named Entertainer of the Year and Group of the Year by the BCCMA, along with Single of the Year for "Walkin' In The Sunshine."
The original three band members did their last tour in 2001, and did not go public with any information as to why they decided to stop playing together. All three women have been working on solo projects and personal goals. On June 16, 2008, Farmer's Daughter played an exclusive reunion show at the Winspear Center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There is speculation that they may be recording together again, however there has been no official statement from the band.
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2002
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
group. Farmer's Daughter recorded three studio albums and charted sixteen singles on the Canadian country music charts. Their highest charting single was the Number One song "Cornfields or Cadillacs
Cornfields or Cadillacs
"Cornfields or Cadillacs" is a single by Canadian country music band Farmer's Daughter. Released in 1996, it was the first single from their album Makin' Hay. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in November 1996.-Chart performance:...
."
Career
In the spring of 1992, SaskatchewanSaskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
's Jake Leiske talked Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
's Shauna Rae Samogard into forming a country music band. Jake and Shauna Rae had toured together before with their family's gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
group when they were 5 and 2 years old, respectively. By the fall of that same year, they joined forces with Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
's Angela Kelman, to form Farmer's Daughter.
In 1993, the Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
-based group independently released their debut album, Girls Will Be Girls
Girls Will Be Girls (Farmer's Daughter album)
Girls Will Be Girls is the first studio album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1993 by Stubble Jumper Music.-Track listing:# "Girls Will Be Girls" - 3:03...
, on Stubble Jumper Music. The album generated seven hits, including "Borderline Angel," "Family Love," "I Wanna Hold You" and a cover of the Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
hit "Son of a Preacher Man
Son of a Preacher Man
"Son of a Preacher Man" is a song recorded by Dusty Springfield in September 1968 and featured on the album, Dusty in Memphis. It was written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins. The rights to cover "Son of a Preacher Man" were originally offered to Aretha Franklin, who turned it down...
." Girls Will Be Girls was named Album of the Year by the British Columbia Country Music Association
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...
(BCCMA) in 1994, and the band won the Vista Rising Star Award from the Canadian Country Music Association
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
(CCMA) the following year. They swept the 1996 British Columbia Country Music Awards, winning Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, as well as Song and Single of the Year awards for "Borderline Angel."
In 1996, Farmer's Daughter signed to Universal Music Canada and released their second album, Makin' Hay
Makin' Hay
Makin' Hay is the second studio album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1996 by Universal Music Canada.-Track listing:# "Cornfields or Cadillacs" - 3:33...
, in September. The album went gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
in Canada and produced five more hit singles, including "Lonely Gypsy Wind," "Now That I'm On My Own," "You Said" and the top 5 "Cornfields or Cadillacs
Cornfields or Cadillacs
"Cornfields or Cadillacs" is a single by Canadian country music band Farmer's Daughter. Released in 1996, it was the first single from their album Makin' Hay. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in November 1996.-Chart performance:...
." They were named Group of the Year by the CCMA in 1997, Best Country Group or Duo
Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year
The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...
at the Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
s in 1998, and both Group and Entertainer of the Year by the BCCMA in 1997 and 1998.
Their third album, This Is the Life
This Is the Life (Farmer's Daughter album)
This Is the Life is the third studio album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1998 by Universal Music Canada.-Track listing:# "Freeway" - 4:13...
, was released in October 1998, also by UMG Canada. They took a more hands-on approach, producing the album with Marc Ramaer (K.D. Lang
K.D. Lang
Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
). Two singles from the CD reached the Canadian Top 10, "Freeway" and "Blue Horizon." Farmer's Daughter continued their domination at the BCCMA Awards in 1999, winning Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, Song of the Year ("Blue Horizon"), Single of the Year ("Blue Horizon") and Album of the Year (This Is The Life).
The band released their greatest hits album, The Best of Farmer's Daughter
The Best of Farmer's Daughter
The Best of Farmer's Daughter is the greatest hits album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1999 by Universal Music Canada.-Track listing:# "Walkin' in the Sunshine" - 3:45...
, in 1999. The CD included 11 of Farmer's Daughter's biggest hits, along with two new songs, "Walkin' In The Sunshine" (#8) and "You And Only You" (#12). They were once again named Entertainer of the Year and Group of the Year by the BCCMA, along with Single of the Year for "Walkin' In The Sunshine."
The original three band members did their last tour in 2001, and did not go public with any information as to why they decided to stop playing together. All three women have been working on solo projects and personal goals. On June 16, 2008, Farmer's Daughter played an exclusive reunion show at the Winspear Center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There is speculation that they may be recording together again, however there has been no official statement from the band.
Albums
| Year | Album details | CAN Country | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| 1993 | Girls Will Be Girls Girls Will Be Girls (Farmer's Daughter album) Girls Will Be Girls is the first studio album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1993 by Stubble Jumper Music.-Track listing:# "Girls Will Be Girls" - 3:03...
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16 | |
| 1996 | Makin' Hay Makin' Hay Makin' Hay is the second studio album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1996 by Universal Music Canada.-Track listing:# "Cornfields or Cadillacs" - 3:33... |
11 |
Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... : Gold |
| 1998 | This Is the Life This Is the Life (Farmer's Daughter album) This Is the Life is the third studio album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1998 by Universal Music Canada.-Track listing:# "Freeway" - 4:13... |
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| 1999 | The Best of Farmer's Daughter The Best of Farmer's Daughter The Best of Farmer's Daughter is the greatest hits album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1999 by Universal Music Canada.-Track listing:# "Walkin' in the Sunshine" - 3:45... |
15 |
Singles
| Year | Single | CAN Country | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Girls Will Be Girls" | 87 | Girls Will Be Girls |
| 1994 | "I Wanna Hold You" | 50 | |
| "Family Love" | 15 | ||
| 1995 | "Son of a Preacher Man Son of a Preacher Man "Son of a Preacher Man" is a song recorded by Dusty Springfield in September 1968 and featured on the album, Dusty in Memphis. It was written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins. The rights to cover "Son of a Preacher Man" were originally offered to Aretha Franklin, who turned it down... " |
32 | |
| "Borderline Angel" | 27 | ||
| "Callin' All You Cowboys" | 43 | ||
| 1996 | "Fallin' Outta Love" | 84 | |
| "Cornfields or Cadillacs Cornfields or Cadillacs "Cornfields or Cadillacs" is a single by Canadian country music band Farmer's Daughter. Released in 1996, it was the first single from their album Makin' Hay. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in November 1996.-Chart performance:... " |
1 | Makin' Hay | |
| "Lonely Gypsy Wind" | 15 | ||
| 1997 | "Now That I'm on My Own" | 10 | |
| "You Said" | 9 | ||
| 1998 | "Inclemency" | 28 | |
| "Freeway" | 15 | This Is the Life | |
| 1999 | "Blue Horizon" | 6 | |
| "Let It Ride" | 30 | ||
| "Walkin' in the Sunshine" | 7 | The Best of Farmer's Daughter | |
| 2000 | "You and Only You" | 11 | |
| 2005 | "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" | — | single only |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "Family Love" | |
| 1995 | "Borderline Angel" | |
| "Son of a Preacher Man" (Live at Rita & Friends) | David Blood | |
| "Callin' All You Cowboys" | ||
| 1996 | "Fallin' Outta Love" | |
| "Cornfields or Cadillacs" | Tony Pantages | |
| "Lonely Gypsy Wind" | ||
| 1997 | "Now That I'm On My Own" | |
| 1998 | "Inclemency" | |
| "Freeway" | ||
| 1999 | "Blue Horizon" | |
| "Walkin' in the Sunshine" | Terrance Odette | |
| 2000 | "You and Only You" |
Canadian Country Music Awards
1995- Vista Rising Star
1997
- Group or Duo of the Year
Juno Awards
1998Juno Awards of 1998
The Juno Awards of 1998 were presented in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The primary ceremonies at GM Place before an audience of 10 000 on 22 March 1998....
- Best Country Group or DuoJuno Award for Country Recording of the YearThe Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...
British Columbia Country Music Awards
1994- Album of the Year, Girls Will Be GirlsGirls Will Be Girls (Farmer's Daughter album)Girls Will Be Girls is the first studio album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1993 by Stubble Jumper Music.-Track listing:# "Girls Will Be Girls" - 3:03...
1996
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Song of the Year, "Borderline Angel"
- Single of the Year, "Borderline Angel"
1997
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Single of the Year, "Cornfields or CadillacsCornfields or Cadillacs"Cornfields or Cadillacs" is a single by Canadian country music band Farmer's Daughter. Released in 1996, it was the first single from their album Makin' Hay. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in November 1996.-Chart performance:...
"
1998
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
1999
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Song of the Year, "Blue Horizon"
- Single of the Year, "Blue Horizon"
- Album of the Year, This Is the LifeThis Is the Life (Farmer's Daughter album)This Is the Life is the third studio album by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter, and was released in 1998 by Universal Music Canada.-Track listing:# "Freeway" - 4:13...
2000
- Entertainer of the Year
- Group of the Year
- Single of the Year, "Walkin' In The Sunshine"
2002
- Group of the Year