Web www.pit5.com Home Artist List A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Main News Albums Comments Buy Links Ranking Norma Jean Information 'Norma Jean Beasler' ('Pretty Miss Norma Jean'), born January 30, 1938 in Wellston, Oklahoma, recorded and sang professionally simply as "Norma Jean". She had her own radio show in Oklahoma as a teenager and first attracted national attention on Red Foley's Ozark Jubilee television series in 1958. Her initial recordings on Columbia Records from 1959-1962 were unsuccessful but her stint with RCA Records from 1963-1974 made her one of country music's leading female vocalists. From 1961 to 1967 she was the "girl singer" on television's Porter Wagoner show and toured with him as part of his road show as well. Norma Jean retired from the road and the series in 1967 to marry Jody Taylor and move back to Oklahoma. Her replacement with Wagoner was a newcomer named Dolly Parton. Norma Jean's biggest record successes include "Let's Go All the Way" (1964), "Go Cat Go" (1964), "I Wouldn't Buy a Used Car from Him" (1965), "Pursuing Happiness" (1966), "Heaven Help the Working Girl" (1967), and "The Kind of Needin' I Need" (1971). Her biggest hit was a unusual recording with Bobby Bare and Liz Anderson titled "The Game of Triangles" (1966) a wife/husband/other woman drama that hit the top 5 in Billboard magazine and earned the trio a Grammy nomination. Divorced from Taylor and now married to country musican George Riddle, Norma Jean inched back into the music industry in the 1980s with a few recordings and several personal appearances. In recent years, she has performed on a regular basis in Branson, Missouri. Needless to say, Norma Jean is not to be confused with the hard rock metal band that goes by the name Norma Jean.