Rissi Palmer
| Rissi Palmer | |
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Rissi Palmer performs at the Chicago Music Country Festival 2008 at Soldier Field
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| Background information | |
| Born | August 19, 1981 |
| Origin | Sewickley, Pennsylvania, US |
| Genres | Country, Soul, Southern Soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | 1720/Universal Music Group, Baldilocks |
| Associated acts |
Terry Lewis Patsy Cline |
| Website | www.rissipalmermusic.com |
Rissi Palmer (born on August 19, 1981 at Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American country music artist. Palmer debuted in 2007 with the single "Country Girl", which made her the first African-American woman to chart a country song since Dona Mason in 1987. "Country Girl" peaked at No. 54 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and served as the lead-off single to her self-titled debut album, which also produced the No. 59 hit "Hold on to Me". Also in 2008, Palmer covered "No Air", an R&B hit originally performed by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown.
Palmer was born in Sewickley, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived there until moving with her family to Eureka, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, at the age of 12. Her parents were natives of Georgia. Palmer has said her mother, who died when Palmer was seven, "was a huge Patsy Cline fan", while her father loved musicians such as Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Chaka Khan, and Santana. Palmer said she knew from a young age that she wanted to sing. As a child, she sang on a Mickey Mouse Club-like local television sponsored group called Team 11. At age 16, she performed country music at the Arkansas State Fair.
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