Commander Wallace
11-15-16, 05:55 PM
Country Music and San Antonio Texas singer Holly Dunn has passed away.
Quote: Dunn died Monday in hospice care in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to June Keys, the manager at the Pena-Dunn Gallery in Santa Fe, where Dunn's paintings were displayed. Dunn announced earlier this year she was battling ovarian cancer.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/daddys-hands-singer-holly-dunn-dead-at-59/ar-AAkkmlB?ocid=spartanntp
The Grammy-nominated Dunn was the Academy of Country Music's top new female vocalist in 1986 and was named most promising newcomer by the Country Music Association the following year.
Holly was famous for the song, " Daddy's Hands " . Holly wrote the song as a tribute to her father who was a Church of Christ preacher, as a Father's Day present and it became a favorite on country radio. The song also earned her two Grammy nominations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugZIiX0SF1c
Quote : She had No. 1 country hits with "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" and "You Really Had Me Going." She teamed with Michael Martin Murphey on the duet "A Face in the Crowd," which earned them a Grammy nomination.
She also recorded the duet "Maybe" with Kenny Rogers and sung on albums with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. In a 1990 interview with The Associated Press, she offered these reasons why she had so much success early on in her career: "It was a miracle. Divine guidance.
With all the losses of musical talent this year, I will be glad to see this year come to a close
Rest in Peace Holly and thanks for the music.
Godspeed.
Quote: Dunn died Monday in hospice care in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to June Keys, the manager at the Pena-Dunn Gallery in Santa Fe, where Dunn's paintings were displayed. Dunn announced earlier this year she was battling ovarian cancer.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/daddys-hands-singer-holly-dunn-dead-at-59/ar-AAkkmlB?ocid=spartanntp
The Grammy-nominated Dunn was the Academy of Country Music's top new female vocalist in 1986 and was named most promising newcomer by the Country Music Association the following year.
Holly was famous for the song, " Daddy's Hands " . Holly wrote the song as a tribute to her father who was a Church of Christ preacher, as a Father's Day present and it became a favorite on country radio. The song also earned her two Grammy nominations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugZIiX0SF1c
Quote : She had No. 1 country hits with "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" and "You Really Had Me Going." She teamed with Michael Martin Murphey on the duet "A Face in the Crowd," which earned them a Grammy nomination.
She also recorded the duet "Maybe" with Kenny Rogers and sung on albums with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. In a 1990 interview with The Associated Press, she offered these reasons why she had so much success early on in her career: "It was a miracle. Divine guidance.
With all the losses of musical talent this year, I will be glad to see this year come to a close
Rest in Peace Holly and thanks for the music.
Godspeed.