A single mom who wears miniskirts is the scorn of a small town. Fifty years ago this month, the song "Harper Valley P.T.A." made singer Jeannie C. Riley the first woman to hit the top spot on both the ...

When Jeannie C. Riley first heard “Harper Valley P.T.A.”, the song that would turn her into a one-hit wonder in 1968, she was working as a secretary for Nashville songwriter Jerry Chesnut. The demo, ...

At the Burton Roadhouse building on North Railroad Street in Burton—a town of nearly three hundred just off U.S. 290 between Austin and Houston—there was a party the other night to celebrate the ...

“I am retired now, but I still like to remember,” the country queen admitted. Riley is a Grammy Award winner for “Best Female Country Vocal Performance” for “Harper Valley P.T.A.” in 1969, and a ...