Lois Johnson

{{Short description|American country music singer (1942–2014)}}

{{For|the Christian author|Lois Walfrid Johnson}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Lois Johnson

| image = Lois Johnson.png

| alt =

| caption = Johnson in 1970

| image_size = 250px

| birth_name = Lois Johnson

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|5|15}}

| birth_place = Union County, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|7|7|1942|5|15}}

| death_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| background = solo_singer

| origin = Maynardville, Tennessee, U.S.

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1969–1978

| label = Columbia, MGM, 20th Century, Polydor

| associated_acts = Hank Williams Jr.}}

Lois Johnson Scoggins (May 15, 1942 – July 7, 2014) was an American country music singer. She was from Maynardville, Tennessee. She recorded for different labels between 1969 and 1978, charted twenty singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her highest chart peak was "Loving You Will Never Grow Old", which reached No. 6 in 1975.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=211–212|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} Johnson toured with Hank Williams Jr. between 1970 and 1973.

She died at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, Tennessee, on July 7, 2014.[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2014/jul/09/east-tennessee-country-star-lois-johnson-dies "East Tennessee country star Lois Johnson dies"], knoxnews.com; accessed July 9, 2014.

Discography

=Albums=

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rowspan="2" style="width:22em;"| Title

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positions

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! width="65"| US Country

scope="row"| Removing the Shadow
{{small|(with Hank Williams Jr.)}}

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| 21

scope="row"| Send Me Lovin' and a Whole Lotta Loving
{{small|(with Hank Williams Jr.)}}

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  • Release date: September 1972
  • Label: MGM Records

| 35

scope="row"| Lois Johnson

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scope="row"| Loveshine

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  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: EMH Records

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colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Singles=

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! colspan="2"| Peak positions

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! style="width:45px;"| US Country

! style="width:45px;"| CAN Country
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1962

! scope="row"| "I'll Let You Go and Wish You Well"

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| rowspan="16" {{n/a}}

1965

! scope="row"| "The Whole World Is Turning (Just for Us)"

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rowspan="2"| 1966

! scope="row"| "G.I. Joe"

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scope="row"| "Daddy, Don't Hang Up the Phone"

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rowspan="2"| 1967

! scope="row"| "Your Second Wedding Day"

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scope="row"| "Chicago with Love"

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rowspan="2"| 1968

! scope="row"| "Tell Me a Lie"

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scope="row"| "One Drink Farther Away"

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rowspan="2"| 1969

! scope="row"| "Softly and Tenderly"

| 74

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scope="row"| "Mama, Was His Love Worth Leaving Me"

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1970

! scope="row"| "When He Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)"

| 48

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rowspan="3"| 1971

! scope="row"| "From Warm to Cool to Cold"

| 65

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scope="row"| "Good Morning, Dear"

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scope="row"| "Breaking in a Brand New Broken Heart"

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1972

! scope="row"| "Rain-Rain"

| 63

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1973

! scope="row"| "Love Will Stand"

| 97

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rowspan="2"| 1974

! scope="row"| "Come On In and Let Me Love You"

| 19

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| align="left" rowspan="3"| Lois Johnson

scope="row"| "Loving You Will Never Grow Old"

| 6

| 10

rowspan="3"| 1975

! scope="row"| "You Know Just What I'd Do"

| 48

| —

scope="row"| "Hope for the Flowers"

| 95

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| rowspan="10" {{n/a}}

scope="row"| "The Door's Always Open"

| 70

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rowspan="2"| 1976

! scope="row"| "Weep No More My Baby"

| 87

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scope="row"| "Midnight"

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rowspan="3"| 1977

! scope="row"| "Your Pretty Roses Came Too Late"

| 20

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scope="row"| "I Hate Goodbyes"

| 40

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scope="row"| "All the Love We Threw Away" {{small|(with Bill Rice)}}

| 97

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1978

! scope="row"| "When I Need You"

| 63

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rowspan="2"| 1981

! scope="row"| "Willie Rides Again"

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scope="row"| "It Won't Be Easy"

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rowspan="3"| 1984

! scope="row"| "It Won't Be Easy" (re-release)

| 89

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| align="left"| Loveshine

scope="row"| "Middle of the Road"

| —

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| {{n/a}}

scope="row"| "Loveshine"

| —

| —

| align="left"| Loveshine

colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Singles with Hank Williams Jr.=

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:22em;"| Title

! colspan="2"| Peak positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:45px;"| US Country

! style="width:45px;"| CAN Country

rowspan="2"| 1970

! scope="row"| "Removing the Shadow"

| 23

| 27

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Removing the Shadow

scope="row"| "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"

| 12

| 10

1971

! scope="row"| "Send Me Some Lovin'"

| 14

| 31

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Send Me Some Lovin' and a Whole Lotta Loving

1972

! scope="row"| "Whole Lotta Loving"

| 22

| 25

References