Harper Valley PTA was the first female-created song to top the Hot 100 and U.S. Hot Country Singles charts until the 1980 song by whom?
Harper Valley PTA "Harper Valley PTA" is a country song written by Tom T. Hall that was a major international hit single for country singer Jeannie C. Riley in 1968. Riley's record sold over six million copies as a single. The song made Riley the first woman to top both the "Billboard" Hot 100 and the U.S. Hot Country Singles charts with the same song, a feat that would go unrepeated until Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" in 1981.
'Till You're Gone "'Till You're Gone" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in April 1982 as the first single from the album "...In Black and White". "'Till You're Gone" was Barbara Mandrell's fifth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 14 weeks on the country top 40 chart.