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Chart Rewind: In 1999, Chely Wright Got a No. 1 Country ‘Single’
Chely Wright's "Single White Female" led Hot Country Songs in 1999. Here's the chart rewind.
Chely Wright points to the crowd while performing her set during the Country Jam concert at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sunday, Oct. 3, 1999, in The Woodlands, Texas. Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Shaye Smith wrote the song, the lead single and title track from Wright’s set that Tony Brown, Buddy Cannon and Norro Wilson produced. A testament to her courage, Wright came out as the first openly gay artist in the format, sharing her story in her 2010 memoir, Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer, published by Random House.
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