Farmer's Daughter (band)

Farmer's Daughter was a Canadian country music group. Farmer's Daughter recorded three studio albums and charted sixteen singles on the Canadian country music charts. Their highest charting single was the Number One song "Cornfields or Cadillacs".

For other uses, see The Farmer's Daughter.
Farmer's Daughter
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenresCountry
Years active1993–2002
LabelsStubble Jumper Music
Universal Music Canada
MembersJake Leiske
Angela Kelman
Shauna Rae Samograd

Career

In the spring of 1992, Saskatchewan's Jake Leiske talked Alberta's Shauna Rae Samograd into forming a country music group. Jake and Shauna Rae had toured together before with their family's gospel group when they were 5 and 2 years old, respectively.[1] By the fall of that same year, they joined forces with Manitoba's Angela Kelman, to form Farmer's Daughter.

In 1993, the Vancouver-based group independently released their debut album, Girls Will Be Girls, on Stubble Jumper Music. The album generated seven hits, including "Borderline Angel", "Family Love", "I Wanna Hold You" and a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit "Son of a Preacher Man".[1] Girls Will Be Girls was named Album of the Year by the British Columbia Country Music Association (BCCMA) in 1994,[2] and the group won the Vista Rising Star Award from the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) the following year.[3][4] They swept the 1996 British Columbia Country Music Awards, winning Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, as well as Song and Single of the Year awards for "Borderline Angel".[5]

In 1996, Farmer's Daughter signed to Universal Music Canada and released their second album, Makin' Hay,[2] in September. The album went gold in Canada and produced five more hit singles, including "Lonely Gypsy Wind", "Now That I'm On My Own", "You Said" and the top 5 "Cornfields or Cadillacs". They were named Group of the Year by the CCMA in 1997,[6][7] Best Country Group or Duo at the Juno Awards in 1998,[8][9] and both Group and Entertainer of the Year by the BCCMA in 1997[10] and 1998.[11]

In 1997, at WWE's In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede, Farmer's Daughter performed the Canadian National Anthem prior to the Main Event.

Their third album, This Is the Life, was released in October 1998, also by UMG Canada.[12] They took a more hands-on approach, producing the album with Marc Ramaer (k.d. lang). Two singles from the CD reached the Canadian Top 10, "Freeway" and "Blue Horizon". Farmer's Daughter continued their domination at the BCCMA Awards in 1999, winning Entertainer of the Year, Group of the Year, Song of the Year ("Blue Horizon"), Single of the Year ("Blue Horizon") and Album of the Year (This Is The Life).

The group released their greatest hits album, The Best of Farmer's Daughter, in 1999. The CD included 11 of Farmer's Daughter's biggest hits, along with two new songs, "Walkin' In The Sunshine" (#8) and "You And Only You" (#12).[13] They were once again named Entertainer of the Year and Group of the Year by the BCCMA, along with Single of the Year for "Walkin' In The Sunshine".[14]

The original three group members did their last tour in 2001, and did not go public with any information as to why they decided to stop playing together. All three women went on to work on solo projects and other personal goals. On June 16, 2008, Farmer's Daughter played an exclusive reunion show at the Winspear Center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

In 2016 the group was inducted into the BC Country Music Hall of Fame[15]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details Peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN Country
Girls Will Be Girls
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Stubble Jumper Music
 16
Makin' Hay 11
This Is the Life
  • Release date: October 6, 1998
  • Label: Universal Music Canada
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums
Title Details Peak positions
CAN Country
The Best of Farmer's Daughter
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: Universal Music Canada
 15

Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
CAN Country
1993 "Girls Will Be Girls" 82 Girls Will Be Girls
1994 "I Wanna Hold You" 50
"Family Love" 15
1995 "Son of a Preacher Man" 32
"Borderline Angel" 27
"Callin' All You Cowboys" 43
1996 "Fallin' Outta Love" 84
"Cornfields or Cadillacs" 1 Makin' Hay
"Lonely Gypsy Wind" 15
1997 "Now That I'm On My Own" 10
"You Said" 8
1998 "Inclemency" 28
"Freeway" 15 This Is the Life
1999 "Blue Horizon" 6
"Let It Ride" 30
"Walkin' in the Sunshine" 7 The Best of Farmer's Daughter
2000 "You and Only You" 11
2005 "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" — single only
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos
Year Video Director
1994 "Family Love" Tony Pantages
1995 "Borderline Angel" Allan Jones
"Son of a Preacher Man" David Blood
"Callin' All You Cowboys" Allan Jones
1996 "Fallin' Outta Love" Allan Jones
"Cornfields or Cadillacs" Tony Pantages
"Lonely Gypsy Wind"
1997 "Now That I'm On My Own"
1998 "Inclemency"
"Freeway" Adam Sliwinski
1999 "Blue Horizon"
"Walkin' in the Sunshine" Terrance Odette
2000 "You and Only You" Adam Sliwinski

Awards

Canadian Country Music Awards

1995[4]

  • Vista Rising Star

1997[7]

  • Group or Duo of the Year

Juno Awards

1998[9]

British Columbia Country Music Awards

1994[2]

1996[5]

  • Entertainer of the Year
  • Group of the Year
  • Song of the Year, "Borderline Angel"
  • Single of the Year, "Borderline Angel"

1997[10]

1998[11]

  • Entertainer of the Year
  • Group of the Year

1999[14]

  • Entertainer of the Year
  • Group of the Year
  • Song of the Year, "Blue Horizon"
  • Single of the Year, "Blue Horizon"
  • Album of the Year, This Is the Life

2000[17]

  • Entertainer of the Year
  • Group of the Year
  • Single of the Year, "Walkin' In The Sunshine"

2002

  • Group of the Year

References
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  2. Carlson, Tim (October 17, 1996). "Farmer's Daughter ain't no gang o' city slickers: Two members of the White Rock-based country group really are daughters of farmers". The Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network Inc. p. C3. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. "RPM Vol 62 No 7" (PDF). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. "Shaina Twain takes 5 country awards". Toronto Star. Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. September 19, 1995. p. A4. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. DRIEDGER, SHARON DOYLE. "People | Maclean's | JUNE 17, 1996". Maclean's | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. "RPM Vol 65 No 23" (PDF). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. "Awards". Toronto Star. Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. September 9, 1997. p. B2. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  8. "Review: The 1998 Juno Awards Nominations Press Conference, GM Place, February 11, 1998". dropd.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  9. "Major Winners of Juno Awards". Toronto Star. Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. March 23, 1998. p. D4. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  10. McLaughlin, John (June 3, 1997). "Daughter wins big again". The Province. Postmedia Network Inc. p. B4. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  11. Pynn, Larry (June 1, 1998). "B.C. honours best in country music: Tumbleweed and Farmer's Daughter were big winners at the B.C. Country Music Association awards". The Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network Inc. p. C1. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  12. Mayes, Allison (September 11, 1998). "Farmer's Daughter shows real Girl Power". Calgary Herald. Postmedia Network Inc. p. D3. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  13. "The first album became a hit and turned Farmer's Daughter into a singing success ; Country music shines". Daily Mercury. Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. February 24, 2000. p. B1. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  14. "Portagex a homecoming, of sorts". The Daily Graphic. July 4, 2000. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  15. "Hall of Fame!". Angela Kelman. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  16. "Canadian album certifications – Farmer's Daughter – Makin' Hay". Music Canada.
  17. "Country music tips its hat to Rick Tippe". The Province. Postmedia Network Inc. October 2, 2000. p. B4. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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