{"id":16952,"date":"2019-07-24T07:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T13:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1809451"},"modified":"2019-07-24T07:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T13:32:52","slug":"pam-tillis-shakes-the-sugar-tree-finds-birthday-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/pam-tillis-shakes-the-sugar-tree-finds-birthday-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pam Tillis Shakes the Sugar Tree, Finds Birthday Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:678728?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">5h ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>It had to be tough for <a href=\"http:\/\/pamtillis.com\/\">Pam Tillis<\/a> seeking a career in music as Mel Tillis\u2019 kid. Sure, he could open doors for you, and he had a network of equally famous and influential friends you could call on.<\/p>\n<p>But Mel was no run-of-the-mill entertainer. He was ubiquitous. Besides racking up a ton of radio hits, he was an award-winning songwriter, a movie actor and a comic who traded winks and cracked jokes with the likes of Johnny Carson and David Letterman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DxN2oEo1_7I?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DxN2oEo1_7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>However, Pam \u2014 whose face is illuminated today (July 24) by 62 birthday candles \u2014 has been relentless in creating a solid stand-alone presence of her own, and to no one\u2019s surprise, as a high-charting singer, songwriter and actor.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis\u2019 first major label deal was with Warner Bros. Records in the early 1980s, but she didn\u2019t flourish until she moved over to the newly founded Arista Nashville label in 1990. Her first single for Arista, \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Me What to Do,\u201d went to No. 5, and she achieved career songs with \u201cMaybe It Was Memphis\u201d and \u201cShake the Sugar Tree\u201d in 1992.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y_WpAuWtN5Y?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y_WpAuWtN5Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>She would follow this success through the ensuing decade for a total of 13 Top 10 singles including the No. 1 \u201cMi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her hits ranged from the comically rueful (\u201cCleopatra, Queen of Denial\u201d) to the instructive (\u201cSpilled Perfume\u201d) to the wistful (\u201cIn Between Dances\u201d) to the resigned (\u201cAll the Good Ones Are Gone,\u201d \u201cLet That Pony Run.\u201d)<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D1OVMyJbJwE?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D1OVMyJbJwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Tillis co-wrote several of her top singles, among them \u201cCleopatra,\u201d \u201cMi Vida Loca,\u201d and \u201cSpilled Perfume.\u201d Apart from the chart triumphs, Tillis sold a lot of records for Arista as well, racking up two gold albums and three platinum.<\/p>\n<p>In 1994, she won the CMA\u2019s female vocalist of the year prize and was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2000. In a sweet turnabout of circumstances, she inducted her father into the Opry seven years later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mA1voqyV-ys?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mA1voqyV-ys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Tillis has had roles in a number of movies and TV series, including recurring appearances as herself in Nashville. She also acted in the Broadway production of <em>Smokey Joe\u2019s Caf\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In more recent years, Tillis and Lorrie Morgan have recorded and toured as Dos Divas and as Grits and Glamour. She is currently touring both as a solo act and with Terri Clark and Suzy Bogguss under the rubric Chicks with Hits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QK-1-x9ZZ4A?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QK-1-x9ZZ4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1809451\/pam-tillis-shakes-the-sugar-tree-finds-birthday-cake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 5h ago It had to be tough for Pam Tillis seeking a career in music as Mel Tillis\u2019 kid. Sure, he could open doors for you, and he had a network of equally famous and influential friends you could call on. But Mel was no run-of-the-mill entertainer. He was ubiquitous. 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