Arlene Harden
{{short description|American country music singer (born 1945)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Arlene Harden
| image = Arlene Harden.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
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| birth_place =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|03|01}}{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=179|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}
| origin = England, Arkansas, U.S.
| genre = Country
| years_active = 1966–1978
| label = Columbia
Capitol
Elektra
| past_member_of = The Harden Trio
}}
Ava "Arlene" Harden (born March 1, 1945) is an American country music singer. Between 1966 and 1968, she was one-third of The Harden Trio, which comprised her brother, Bobby and sister, Robbie. Arlene recorded for Columbia Records as a solo artist between 1967 and 1973, charting fifteen times on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her most successful release was a cover of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman", titled "Lovin' Man (Oh Pretty Woman)".{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arlene-harden-mn0000596620|title=Arlene Harden biography|work=Allmusic|accessdate=5 December 2015}} She later recorded for Capitol and Elektra as Arleen Harden.
Discography
=Albums=
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| style="width:18em;"| Title
! style="width:16em;"| Album details |
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| scope="row"| What Can I Say
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| scope="row"| Arlene Harden Sings Roy Orbison
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| scope="row"| I Could Almost Say Goodbye
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
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| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| CAN Country |
| rowspan="3"| 1967
! scope="row"| "You and Only You" | — | — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Fair Weather Love"
| 48 | — | align="left"| What Can I Say |
| scope="row"| "You're Easy to Love"
| 49 | — | {{n/a}} |
| rowspan="2"| 1968
! scope="row"| "He's a Good Ole Boy" | 32 | — | rowspan="2" align="left"| What Can I Say |
| scope="row"| "What Can I Say"
| 41 | — |
| rowspan="2"| 1969
! scope="row"| "Too Much of a Man (To Be Tied Down)" | 45 | — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "My Friend"
| 63 | — | rowspan="3" align="left"| Arlene Harden Sings Roy Orbison |
| rowspan="2"| 1970
! scope="row"| "Lovin' Man (Oh Pretty Woman)" | 13 | 24 |
| scope="row"| "Crying"
| 28 | — |
| rowspan="4"| 1971
! scope="row"| "True Love Is Greater Than Friendship" | 22 | — | rowspan="7" {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Married to a Memory"
|25 |— |
| scope="row"| "Congratulations (You Sure Made a Man out of Him)"
| 49 | — |
| scope="row"| "Ruby Gentry's Daughter"
| 46 | — |
| rowspan="2"| 1972
! scope="row"| "A Special Day" | 29 | — |
| scope="row"| "It Takes a Lot of Tenderness"
| 45 | — |
| 1973
! scope="row"| "Would You Walk with Me Jimmy" | 21 | — |
| 1974
! scope="row"| "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" | 72 | — | rowspan="4" align="left"| I Could Almost Say Goodbye |
| rowspan="3"| 1975
! scope="row"| "I Could Almost Say Goodbye" | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Country Sunday"
| — | — |
| scope="row"| "Roll On, Sweet Mississippi"
| — | — |
| 1976
! scope="row"| "Misty Mountain Rain" | — | — | rowspan="4" {{n/a}} |
| rowspan="2"| 1977
! scope="row"| "Southern Belle" | — | — |
| scope="row"| "A Place Where Love Has Been"
| 100 | — |
| 1978
! scope="row"| "You're Not Free and I'm Not Easy" | 74 | — |
| colspan="5" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
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Category:American women country singers
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:Columbia Records artists
Category:Singer-songwriters from Arkansas
Category:People from Lonoke County, Arkansas
Category:Country musicians from Arkansas
Category:21st-century American women
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