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Pamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis (born July 24, 1957) is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis and Doris Tillis. Originally a demo singer in Nashville, Tennessee, Tillis was signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1981, for which she released nine singles and one album, ''Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey''. By 1991, she had signed to Arista Nashville, entering Top 40 on Hot Country Songs for the first time with "Don't Tell Me What to Do", the first of five singles from her album ''Put Yourself in My Place''. Tillis recorded five more albums for Arista Nashville between then and 2001, plus a greatest hits album and 22 more singles. Her only number 1 hit on the country charts was 1995's "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)", although 12 other singles made Top 10 on that chart. After exiting Arista, Tillis released ''It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis'' for Lucky Dog Records in 2002, plus ''RhineStoned'' and the Christmas album ''Just in Time for Christmas'' on her own Stellar Cat label in 2007. Her albums ''Homeward Looking Angel'' (1992), ''Sweetheart's Dance'' (1994) and ''Greatest Hits'' (1997) are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), while ''Put Yourself in My Place'' and 1995's ''All of This Love'' are certified gold. Besides her own work, Tillis co-wrote and sang on the 1990 Warner Bros. single "Tomorrow's World", written in honor of Earth Day, and Dolly Parton's 1992 single "Romeo". She has won two major awards: a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 1999 for the multi-artist collaboration "Same Old Train", and the 1994 Country Music Association award for Best Female Vocalist. ==Early life== Pamela Yvonne Tillis was born July 24, 1957 to country singer Mel Tillis and Doris Tillis. She grew up in Nashville. As the daughter of country star Mel Tillis, she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry at age 8, singing "Tom Dooley." 〔(Pam Tillis at CMT.com )〕 She also began taking piano lessons at this age,〔 and taught herself how to play guitar by age 12.〔 At 16, she was injured in a car accident and had to undergo several years of surgery, including facial reconstruction.〔〔 Following surgery, Tillis enrolled at the University of Tennessee, where she performed in two different groups: a jug band called the High Country Swing Band, and a folk duo with Ashley Cleveland.〔 She dropped out of college in 1976 to work at her father's publishing company, writing the song "The Other Side of the Morning" for Barbara Fairchild.〔 This song charted at number 72 on Hot Country Songs in 1978.〔Whitburn, p. 141〕 Tillis then moved to California and founded a band called Freelight, which played jazz and rock. Upon returning to Nashville in 1979, she had her songs recorded by Gloria Gaynor, Tim Ryan and Chaka Khan.〔 After performing in the Bluebird Café in Nashville, she signed to Warner Bros. Records in the early 1980s. Just prior to that, Pam performed with many Nashville 'club' bands including "Cor", Stan Lassiter's "Oceans" and "Strutt" which included a new in Nashville Dan Schafer with Freeman Brown, formerly with Nashville's first Motown act "Bottom & Co." on drums. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pam Tillis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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