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1950s
1970s
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Debut release: Someone Special
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Biography
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Biography
Barbara Fairchild (born November 12, 1950) is an American country and gospel singer, who is best known for her hit 1973 country song "Teddy Bear Song" and other country hits.
Early life and beginnings in Nashville
Fairchild was born in Knobel, Arkansas, United States, and started her career at a young age singing country music. She cut her first single at 15 years old. In 1963, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and by 1965, she was a regular on a local TV show and recorded for a local label, Norman Records, but her released singles were not much more than regional hits.
In 1968, after high-school graduation, she decided to follow her dream and moved to Nashville. She briefly signed with Kapp Records with no success. She also recorded briefly for MCA Records. After this, she met producer Billy Sherrill, who had discovered Tammy Wynette. He listened to Fairchild's songs and decided that she was ready for a major record deal, and he signed her with Columbia Records in 1969. Her first single in 1969, "Love Is a Gentle ThingLove Is A Gentle ThingSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracksA1A Girl Who'll Satisfy Her Man3:05A2Color Them With Love2:25A3(When You'll Close Your Eyes) I'll Make You See3:16A4Find Out What's Happenin'2:53A5Love Is A Gentle Thing3:02B1Tell Me Again2:28B2What Do You Do2:58B3Have A Little Faith2:11B4You Can't Stop My Heart From Breaking2:42", was a minor hit, as was her next single, "A Woman's Hand". In 1970, she scored her first top-40 hit with "A Girl Who'll Satisfy Her Man". Between 1970 and 1972, Fairchild scored four more top-40 hits, the biggest of these being "Love's Old SongLove's Old SongSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracksA1Back ThenA2Love's Old SongA3Tell Me AagainA4Break AwayA5My Chance For HappinessA6Another Lonely NightB1Color My WorldB2Tiny Drops Of WaterB3SunshineB4Let Me Be Your QueenB5Whatever Happened To Happiness" and "Thanks for the Mem'ries".
The success of "Teddy Bear Song"
Her breakthrough year turned out to be 1973, as she released the biggest hit of her career with "Teddy Bear Song". It became a number-one hit on the country charts, and reached the pop charts, as well, peaking at number 32. It was nominated for a Grammy Award that year. "Teddy Bear Song" spent two weeks at the number-one spot. She followed up "Teddy Bear Song" that year with another hit, "Kid Stuff
Kid StuffSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Baby Doll2Behind Closed Doors3Sometime4You Hear Me Boy5You Always Come Back To Hurtin' Me6Kid Stuff7Painting Pretty Pictures8Color Them With Love9Try Me10Satin Sheets11And I Love You So," which reached number two on the country chart, and made the Billboard Hot 100 at number 95. In 1974, she scored another top 10 with the song "Baby Doll." Between 1974 and 1977, she had several other successes, including "Standing in Your LineStanding In Your LineSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracksA1Standing In Your LineA2His Green EyesA3Love For A WhileA4Kansas CityA5Lonely Old ManA6I KnowB1You're The One I'm Livin' ForB2I'm Not Weak, I'm A WomanB3I Really Don't Want To KnowB4Somewhere To Come When It RainsB5This Stranger, My Little Girl", "Little Girl Feelin'", "Mississippi
MississippiSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Mississippi3:56A2Let Me Love You Once Before You Go2:51A3Under Your Spell Again3:32A4You Are Always There3:04A5Touch My Heart2:53B1Cheatin' Is2:35B2The Music of Love2:50B3Did It Rain?2:58B4What You Left My Memory2:38B5Let Jesse Rob This Train3:28", "Cheatin' Is", and "Let Me Love You Once Before You Go".
Later career and life
She turned her attention to gospel music, where she has recorded both solo and with Connie Smith and Sharon White on the album, Love Never Fails. She now lives in Branson, Missouri, with her husband, Roy Morris, who is also a singer-songwriter.
Awards and honors
Inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
Nominated for Christian Country Female Vocalist of the Year for a Visionary Award by the Christian Music Hall of Fame.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 25 | 88.9th |
| Studio albums | 20 | 96.4th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 21 | 94.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 46 | 86.9th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (25 release groups · 20 studio albums)
Albums · 20
1970 · studio album
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A1(When You Close Your Eyes) I’ll Make You See3:14A2A Woman’s Hand2:25A3Kiss Away2:51A4Fancy Satin Pillows2:12A5A Girl Who’ll Satisfy Her Man3:04B1Find Out What’s Happenin’2:52B2My Love2:40B3You Can’t Stop My Heart From Breaking2:40B4Have a Little Faith2:10B5Love Is a Gentle Thing3:00B6Chains of Love (Around My Neck)2:151971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1Back ThenA2Love's Old SongA3Tell Me AagainA4Break AwayA5My Chance For HappinessA6Another Lonely NightB1Color My WorldB2Tiny Drops Of WaterB3SunshineB4Let Me Be Your QueenB5Whatever Happened To Happiness1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:25
A1After Tonight2:45A2Thanks For The Mem'ries2:20A3A Sweeter Love (I'll Never Know)2:54A4Smile2:30A5(You Make Me Feel Like) Singing A Song2:44A6Make No Mistakes2:29B1That's Loving You2:22B2Teddy Bear Song3:00B3Old Fashioned, Ever-Lasting, Foot Stomping Love2:11B4One Of Those Songs2:10B5Vincent4:001973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1Baby Doll2Behind Closed Doors3Sometime4You Hear Me Boy5You Always Come Back To Hurtin' Me6Kid Stuff7Painting Pretty Pictures8Color Them With Love9Try Me10Satin Sheets11And I Love You So1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 25:00
A1A Girl Who'll Satisfy Her Man3:05A2Color Them With Love2:25A3(When You'll Close Your Eyes) I'll Make You See3:16A4Find Out What's Happenin'2:53A5Love Is A Gentle Thing3:02B1Tell Me Again2:28B2What Do You Do2:58B3Have A Little Faith2:11B4You Can't Stop My Heart From Breaking2:421974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1Standing In Your LineA2His Green EyesA3Love For A WhileA4Kansas CityA5Lonely Old ManA6I KnowB1You're The One I'm Livin' ForB2I'm Not Weak, I'm A WomanB3I Really Don't Want To KnowB4Somewhere To Come When It RainsB5This Stranger, My Little Girl1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:07
A1You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling3:36A2Over The Rainbow2:27A3You're There Between US3:04A4Too Far Gone3:05A5Let's Love While We Can2:36B1I Just Love Being A Woman2:39B2Tara2:29B3When He's Got Me (Where He Wants Me)2:53B4Singing Your Way Out Of My Life3:10B5Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad2:081976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:45
A1Mississippi3:56A2Let Me Love You Once Before You Go2:51A3Under Your Spell Again3:32A4You Are Always There3:04A5Touch My Heart2:53B1Cheatin' Is2:35B2The Music of Love2:50B3Did It Rain?2:58B4What You Left My Memory2:38B5Let Jesse Rob This Train3:281978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:44
A1You2:49A2Midnight Man2:23A3Our Love's Not Dead (It's Just Buried Alive)3:22A4Be A Friend Of Mine2:55A5People Of The World (I Love You)3:55B1This Is Me2:48B2Good Time Days3:18B3It's Just A Matter Of Time (Till I'm In Your Heart Again)2:38B4It's Sad To Go To The Funeral (Of A Good Love That Has Died)3:14B5Life's Ocean3:221978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:21
A1Teddy Bear Song3:00A2You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'3:36A3Cheatin' Is2:35A4Kid Stuff2:23A5Love Is A Gentle Thing3:00B1Mississippi3:56B2Let Me Love You Once Before You Go2:51B3Standing In Your Line2:16B4Let's Love While We Can2:36B5Too Far Gone3:081993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:23
1Home away from home2:242Don't it feel good2:523Never will3:084Son in my eyes3:155Devil on the run3:596From down on my knees2:587Family ties2:458I was there4:299Cross road3:5510Love everybody in the world2:381995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:52
1Comfort Creek3:002Something Purer Than Gold2:393Broken Believer4:554Love Before You Leap3:555I'm Goin' Through It (But I'm Goin' Through It)2:576Stories3:537Until the Last Child Has Come Home4:048He's a Mighty Good Friend3:029Jezebel3:3810Casting Stones3:492002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1Had It Not Been2I'll Meet You in the Morning3Longer I Serve Him4Little Is Much5Wayfaring Stranger6Sweet Hour of Prayer7Wings of a Dove8He Was There All the Time9Old Country Church10Supper Time11Satisfied12His Eye Is on the Sparrow2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1I'm The Christian2He Gave Me A Second Chance3Between His Hands And The Cross4Good Love Story5From Dust Till Dawn6Be A Light7Looking For That New Heaven8My Forever Friend9At The Table Grace Prepared10Left Behind2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:48
1All That Remains to Be Seen2:572That's How the Blood of Jesus Saves3:413The Other Side of the Hill5:294It's Good and It's God3:285High Price for Low Living2:586A Better Way4:227Hold Him in Heaven4:208I Know Something About God's Grace3:319He Kept on Loving Me3:1610Hidden Heroes3:4911Boulevard in Heaven3:572009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 44:45
1Love Doesn't Speak3:162Slippin' Away3:233Love Is Looking In Someone's Eyes3:314So Began The Blues3:265You Can't Put The City In A Country Girl2:386Drifter4:187Too Old For This Dress4:188Every Flower Has To Have A Seed3:159There Ain't No Way2:5510I'm Giving Up2:3411And Robin Danced4:0412Crazy Love3:0513Love Is A Laughing Child4:02You Can’t Put the City in a Country Girl
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 42:51
1You Can’t Put the City in a Country Girl2:342Love Doesn’t Speak3:173Crazy Love3:024And Robin Danced4:035Slippin Away3:206Love Is Looking in Someone Else’s Eyes3:497Too Old for This Dress2:168So Began the Blues3:259Drifter4:2410Every Flower Has to Have a Seed3:0611There Ain’t No Way2:5212Love Is a Laughing Child4:1013I’m Giving Up2:332015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 57:53
1And Robin Danced3:592Crazy Doll3:013Love Is Looking In Someone's Eyes3:414Too old for the Dress4:285You can't put the City In a Country Girl2:356Colour my World2:327Baby Doll3:138So Began the Blues3:219Love Doesn't Speak3:1310Drifter4:1811Teddy Bear Song3:0012Kid Stuff2:1613Slippin' Away3:1614Every Flower has to have a Seed3:0315There ain't no Way2:5316I'm Giving Up2:3017Love is a Laughing Child4:0318Cheatin' Is2:312016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 48:43
1Baby Doll3:162Love Doesn't Speak3:133Slippin' Away3:204Love Is Looking in Someone's Eyes3:465So Began the Blues3:226You Can't Put the City in a Country Girl2:357Drifter4:258Cheatin' Is2:319Color My World2:3610Every Flower Has to Have a Seed3:0411There Ain't Now Way2:5112I'm Givin' Up2:3013And Robin Danced4:0314Crazy Love3:0115Love Is a Laughing Child4:10— · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 27:36
1She Can't Give It Away2:482For All the Right Reasons3:203The Other Side of the Morning2:024Sing the Blues, Bluebirds3:035When the Morning Comes3:086Someone Loves Him2:217Love Me Like You Never Will Again2:168This Haunted House2:459Good Side of Tomorrow2:3710Painted Faces3:16
Album · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Barbara Fairchild At Her BestSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 42:071And Robin Danced4:01 2Cheatin Is3:13 3Color My World2:41 4The Teddy Bear Song3:08 5Kid Stuff2:21 6Baby Doll3:19 7Drifter4:20 8Every Flower Has It's Seed2:59 9Love Doesn't Speak3:11 10Love Is A Laughing Child4:10 11Slipping Away3:19 12There Ain't No Way2:51 13You Can't Put The City In A Country Girl2:34 | Compilation | 5 June 1975 | |
| 1998 | Classic CountrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 40:281Teddy Bear Song3:01 2Baby Doll3:23 3Color My World2:38 4Love's Old Song2:43 5(Loving You Is) Sunshine2:40 6Little Girl Feeling2:47 7Let Me Love You Once Before You Go2:51 8Mississippi3:56 9Kid Stuff2:25 10You’ve Lost That Lovin Feelin'3:36 11Cheatin' Is2:35 12Standing In Your Line2:29 13A Girl That’ll Satisfy Her Man3:04 14Thanks For The Mem’ries2:20 | Compilation | 1 September 1998 | |
| 2005 | At Her BestSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 27:081Teddy Bear Song3:04 2Kid Stuff2:17 3Baby Doll3:19 4Cheatin’ Is2:34 5Color My World2:36 6Brand New Bed Of Roses2:52 7Making Excuses1:58 8You Can’t Put The City In A Country Girl2:37 9So Close2:50 10Biggest Hurt3:01 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2010 | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 53:421Teddy Bear Song3:03 2Color My World2:37 3Drifter4:20 4Ever Flower Has To Have A Seed3:02 5Baby Doll3:18 6You Can't Put The City In A Country Girl2:34 7Kid Stuff2:17 8Cheatin' Is2:34 9I'm Givin' Up2:30 10(And) Robin Danced3:59 11Crazy Love3:00 12So Began The Blues3:20 13Love Is Looking In Someone's Eyes3:41 14There Ain't No Way2:51 15Love Doesn't Speak3:12 16Slippin' Away3:17 17Love Is A Laughing Child4:07 | Compilation | 25 March 2010 | |
| — | Mississippi / Free & EasySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 59:141Mississippi4:00 2Let Me Love You Once Before You Go2:58 3Under Your Spell Again3:35 4You Are Always There3:10 5Touch My Heart2:58 6Cheatin’ Is2:40 7The Music of Love2:55 8Did It Rain?3:04 9What You Left My Memory2:33 10Let Jesse Rod This Train3:27 11She Can’t Give It Away2:50 12For All the Right Reasons3:21 13The Other Side of the Morning2:03 14Sing the Blues, Bluebirds3:06 15Then the Morning Comes3:10 16Someone Loves Him2:23 17Love Me Like You Never Will Again2:18 18This Haunted House2:47 19Good Side of Tomorrow2:39 20Painted Faces3:17 | Compilation | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Barbara Fairchild head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 25 | 88.9th |
| Studio albums | 20 | 96.4th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 21 | 94.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 46 | 86.9th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Fairchildbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Image: Lou Sander · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q807417 · MusicBrainz: 19ae1de4-1b15-45a0-9104-2d489a2df1cf
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