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Dee Mullins

12+ albums
motowncountryclassic countryUSA

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Born on April 7, 1937 in Gafford, Texas Dee Mullins swapped a calculating machine for calculated success in the music business. “I had worked a number of years for a trailer manufacturer in Texas,” said the blonde, good looking singer who hails from Grafford, Texas. “I was playing around with my singing – you know, weekends and the such. “One day in 1967, I really got disgusted and decided the time had come. I was either going to get into the business – or out of it. I made a list of four people I knew in the business and picked up the telephone. “The first one I happened to call was Shelby Singleton, president, Shebly Singleton Corp., in Nashville. I had to cut a few records for him when he was producing for Mercury,” said Dee. “He had just started his own company, signed me onto his SSS International label, and I was off and running. “The day I traded that calculating machine for a calculated risk was the best day of my life,” sighed Dee. Reflecting on his SSS International releases of “War Baby,” “I Am the Grass,” “Texas Tea,” his latest hit, “The Continuing Story of Harper Valley PTA,” and an album slated for January 1 release, Dee quipped, “Things are a bit different today than they were when I started singing at age six. “My sister and I used to sing at different places back then,” he laughed. “In face, we used to have to wait while they rounded up a box for us to stand on so we could reach the microphone.” The easy-moving, country-pop artist continued, “I first

top songs

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Come On Back (And Be My Love Again)

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I am the grass

395
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Love Makes The World Go `Round, But Money Greases The Wheel

331
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Beers

322
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Texas Tea

267
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Love Makes the World Go 'round, but Money Greases the Wheel

266
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The Big Man

154
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Guilt Box

152
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Parking For Cheaters

130
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The Continuing Story Of Harper Valley P.T.A.

123

albums

The Continuing Story

The Continuing Story

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The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 5: 1965

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The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 5: 1965

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Plantation Gold: The Mad Genius of Shelby S. Singleton and Plantation/SSS Records 1967-1976 CD1

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The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 5: 1965

Parking for Cheaters

Parking for Cheaters

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Plantation Gold

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Complete Motown Singles - Vol 5 - CD1

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The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 5: 1965 (Disc 1)

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Truck Stop Sweethearts & C.B. Savages (The Plantation Records Story 1968-1981)

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The Complete Motown Singles Volume 5 (Disc 22)

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Country Ballads - Sun Records

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