John Conlee was born August 11, 1946, on a tobacco farm in Versailles, Kentucky. By age 10, Conlee had begun singing and playing guitar, and later sang tenor in a barbershop quartet. Conlee did not immediately take up a musical career, instead becoming a licensed mortician, employed by Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel, and later a disc jockey at radio station WLAC.
Musical career
By 1971, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in pursuit of a musical career, signing to ABC Records in 1976. Conlee charted for the first time in 1978 with "Rose Colored Glasses," a No.5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts, as well as the title track to his 1978 debut album. This album would go on to produce his first two number one hits in "Lady Lay Down" and "Backside of Thirty."
Enjoy a good old classic country song with John Conlee's performance of "Rose Colored Glasses" on this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country artists like John Conlee from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion, and more with Country Road TV: https://bit.ly/3q8kPiu
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published: 08 Oct 2017
John Conlee - Friday Night Blues
published: 29 May 2010
John Conlee sings "Old School" on Country's Family Reunion
John Conlee delivers an outstanding performance of the hit country song "Old School" in this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country artists like John Conlee from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion, and more with Country Road TV: https://bit.ly/3q7nV6z
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published: 23 May 2018
John Conlee - I Don't Remember Loving You
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published: 18 Apr 2010
John Conlee Best Songs New | John Conlee Greatest Hits Playlist {New Cover}
John Conlee Best Songs New | John Conlee Greatest Hits Playlist {New Cover}
published: 03 Jul 2017
John Conlee - Rose Colored Glasses (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
John Conlee performs "Rose Colored Glasses" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
published: 30 Jan 2013
John Conlee - Rose Colored Glasses
published: 29 May 2010
John Conlee ~ Miss Emily's Picture
published: 19 Nov 2010
John Conlee sings "Common Man"
John Conlee sings "Common Man" on Larry’s Country Diner
Enjoy a good old classic country song with John Conlee's performance of "Rose Colored Glasses" on this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite ...
Enjoy a good old classic country song with John Conlee's performance of "Rose Colored Glasses" on this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country artists like John Conlee from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion, and more with Country Road TV: https://bit.ly/3q8kPiu
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Enjoy a good old classic country song with John Conlee's performance of "Rose Colored Glasses" on this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country artists like John Conlee from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion, and more with Country Road TV: https://bit.ly/3q8kPiu
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Country Road TV is your unlimited one-stop for all things Country Lifestyle.
From Country Music to Country Cooking, from Cars to Cows, our shows are hand-picked and produced to cater to the fan of all things country.
Our goal is to celebrate the unique legacy of mid-America and good Ol’ family values.
#John Conlee
#RoseColoredGlasses
#Countrymusic
#ClassicCountryMusic
John Conlee delivers an outstanding performance of the hit country song "Old School" in this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country ar...
John Conlee delivers an outstanding performance of the hit country song "Old School" in this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country artists like John Conlee from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion, and more with Country Road TV: https://bit.ly/3q7nV6z
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Country Road TV is your unlimited one-stop for all things Country Lifestyle.
From Country Music to Country Cooking, from Cars to Cows, our shows are hand-picked and produced to cater to the fan of all things country.
Our goal is to celebrate the unique legacy of mid-America and good Ol’ family values.
#JohnConlee
#OldSchool
#Countrymusic
#ClassicCountryMusic
John Conlee delivers an outstanding performance of the hit country song "Old School" in this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country artists like John Conlee from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion, and more with Country Road TV: https://bit.ly/3q7nV6z
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Country Road TV is your unlimited one-stop for all things Country Lifestyle.
From Country Music to Country Cooking, from Cars to Cows, our shows are hand-picked and produced to cater to the fan of all things country.
Our goal is to celebrate the unique legacy of mid-America and good Ol’ family values.
#JohnConlee
#OldSchool
#Countrymusic
#ClassicCountryMusic
John Conlee performs "Rose Colored Glasses" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Ne...
John Conlee performs "Rose Colored Glasses" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
John Conlee performs "Rose Colored Glasses" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
Enjoy a good old classic country song with John Conlee's performance of "Rose Colored Glasses" on this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country artists like John Conlee from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion, and more with Country Road TV: https://bit.ly/3q8kPiu
Wish Netflix or Hulu had country content that made you feel like you're back home?
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Country Road TV is your unlimited one-stop for all things Country Lifestyle.
From Country Music to Country Cooking, from Cars to Cows, our shows are hand-picked and produced to cater to the fan of all things country.
Our goal is to celebrate the unique legacy of mid-America and good Ol’ family values.
#John Conlee
#RoseColoredGlasses
#Countrymusic
#ClassicCountryMusic
John Conlee delivers an outstanding performance of the hit country song "Old School" in this episode of Country's Family Reunion. Watch your favorite country artists like John Conlee from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion, and more with Country Road TV: https://bit.ly/3q7nV6z
Wish Netflix or Hulu had country content that made you feel like you're back home?
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Country Road TV is your unlimited one-stop for all things Country Lifestyle.
From Country Music to Country Cooking, from Cars to Cows, our shows are hand-picked and produced to cater to the fan of all things country.
Our goal is to celebrate the unique legacy of mid-America and good Ol’ family values.
#JohnConlee
#OldSchool
#Countrymusic
#ClassicCountryMusic
John Conlee performs "Rose Colored Glasses" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
John Conlee was born August 11, 1946, on a tobacco farm in Versailles, Kentucky. By age 10, Conlee had begun singing and playing guitar, and later sang tenor in a barbershop quartet. Conlee did not immediately take up a musical career, instead becoming a licensed mortician, employed by Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel, and later a disc jockey at radio station WLAC.
Musical career
By 1971, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in pursuit of a musical career, signing to ABC Records in 1976. Conlee charted for the first time in 1978 with "Rose Colored Glasses," a No.5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts, as well as the title track to his 1978 debut album. This album would go on to produce his first two number one hits in "Lady Lay Down" and "Backside of Thirty."
I wake up in the morning is a state of fright On the wrong side of the bed all night Clinging to the broken heart - Inside my head Open my eyes and I move my hand From 'round her pillow to the nightstand And straighten Miss Emily's picture by my bed Go to the office; the work's piled up pour three fingers bourbon in my coffee cup Cry on my best friend's shoulder - down the hall I feel so lonely, when I close the door I bite my nails and I walk the floor And straighten Miss Emily's picture on my wall CHORUS Look out my window and what do I see, Nothing but pain looking back at me All that my future means to me, Is tossing yesterday's love out into the wind And straighten Miss Emily's picture now and then I leave my office and I go downtown, to a little bar we all hang around Laugh -drink beer -shoot pool - and have a ball When the laughter stops - and the hurt takes hold I reach in my pocket for my billfold And show Miss Emily's picture to them all I stagger in the house and I slam the door Scatter my clothes all over the floor Wishing I could do the same thing in my head I drink a beer and I eat a bite, Just before I turn out the light I straighten Miss Emily's picture by my bed
VIEWPOINT. By RALPH HARDIN. Evening Times Editor ...It’s a weird number ... Back in the early 1980s, John Conlee had a fairly big country hit called, “Backside of Thirty.” It’s a pretty depressing song but it did put the phrase “backside of fifty” in my head.
... multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (keyboards and backing vocals), Nate Query (bass) and JohnMoen (drums)—tends to put a focus on historical events, albeit with as much whimsy as reflection.
In July 2022, his cover of John Conlee's 1983 hit "I'm Only In It for the Love," spurred the veteran star to ask Brennan to join him on stage at the Opry. Not content with guesting with Conlee, Brennan ...