Date of Birth
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25-May-1943
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Place of Birth
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Phoenix
(Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Jessie Colter, Colter, Jessi, Jessi Coulter, Miriam Johnson, Mirriam Johnson
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Profession
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Singer, Singer-songwriter
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Jessi Colter is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa".
Jessi Colter was one of the few female artists to emerge from the mid-1970s “outlaw†movement. After meeting her future husband, Colter pursued a career in country music, releasing her first studio LP in 1970, A Country Star Is Born. Five years later, Colter signed with Capitol Records and released her first solo single, “I'm Not Lisa,†which topped the country charts and reached the top 5 on the pop charts. In 1976 she was featured on the collaboration LP Wanted: The Outlaws, which became an RIAA-certified Platinum album, and helped her become one of the few female outlaw country stars.
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