Jeanne Pruett
Musician · b. 1937 · Pell City, Alabama
Best known for
Songwriter
Lead Vocals
Jeanne Pruett is an Alabama-born country singer and songwriter whose 1973 recording of “Satin Sheets” reached No. 1 country and the pop Top 30 and made her one of the year’s biggest country radio stars. She joined the Grand Ole Opry in the wake of the hit and remained a fixture of the show into the early 2000s.
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- Born Norma Jean Bowman in 1937 in Pell City, Alabama.
- Moved to Nashville with her husband, guitarist Jack Pruett, in 1956 after Jack joined Marty Robbins’s band.
- Began writing songs in the early 1960s and signed her first record deal with RCA in 1963.
- Cut John “Jack” Volinkaty’s “Satin Sheets” at Bradley Barn on December 29, 1972.
- “Satin Sheets” reached No. 1 country in May 1973, crossed over to the pop Top 30, and was nominated for the CMA Single, Album, and Female Vocalist of the Year awards.
- Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in July 1973.
- Published the first of her popular Feedin’ Friends cookbook series in 1986; the books became a second career.
- Inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
- Retired from performing in 2006.
