Genres Country Associated acts Little Richie Johnson | Years active 1970-present Genre Country music | |
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Origin Florida, United States (1970) Albums Two Sides Of Jack & Misty, Back in Harmony Members Misty Morgan, Jack Blanchard Record labels Columbia Records, United Artists Records, Mercury Records, Mega Records, Epic Records Similar Harley Quinne, Miki Antony, Chanter Sisters, Our Kid, White Plains Profiles | ||
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan is an American country music duo from Florida. It is composed of guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Jack Blanchard (born 1942) and his wife, keyboardist/vocalist Misty Morgan (born 1945). The duo recorded for several labels in the 1970s, including the charting albums Birds of a Feather and Two Sides of Jack and Misty. Between 1969 and 1976, the duo also released fourteen singles, including "Tennessee Bird Walk", a Number One country hit and No. 23 pop hit in 1970.
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Biography
Jack Blanchard was born on May 8, 1942, and Misty Morgan was born on May 23, 1945. Both were born in the same hospital in Buffalo, New York and lived in Ohio as children. They met in 1963 in Florida, where Blanchard was working as a comedian and Morgan as a pianist.
Musical career
By 1967, Blanchard and Morgan were married and began playing music together, and in 1969, the duo signed to Wayside Records to release its first single, "Big Black Bird (Spirit of Our Love)", which peaked at No. 59 on the U.S. country singles charts. After it came the novelty song "Tennessee Bird Walk", which went to Number One on the country charts and No. 23 on the pop charts. Following it was another novelty hit in "Humphrey the Camel", at No. 5 country and No. 78 pop.
The duo's second album, Two Sides of Jack and Misty, was released on Mega Records two years later. It produced four more chart singles, including the No. 15 "Somewhere in Virginia in the Rain" and another novelty song, "The Legendary Chicken Fairy". Later in the 1970s, Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan released six singles on Epic Records, reaching Top 40 for the last time in 1974 with the No. 23 "Just One More Song". Except for a compilation album called Sweet Memories in 1987, the duo did not release any other material until 1995's Back in Harmony. From there, they began recording on a self-established independent label, "Velvet Saw Records" (named after Jack's nickname). From 2005 through 2008 they released three archival CD albums on Australia's Omni Records label.
Their song 'Yellow Bellied Sapsucker' was used in an episode of the third series of Australian television drama Tangle.
Discography
Singles
Songs
Tennessee BirdwalkTraveling Music · 2009
There Must Be More To LifeTwo Sides Of Jack & Misty · 2011
Fire Hydrant #79Two Sides Of Jack & Misty · 2011