Marie Bottrell

Marie Diane Bottrell (born 1961)[1] is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. Bottrell released many singles which appeared on Canadian country music charts, and has received multiple Country Female Vocalist of the Year nominations.

Marie Bottrell
Born1961 (age 59–60)
London, Ontario, Canada
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active1978–present
LabelsMBS, RCA, Cardinal

Early life and education

Bottrell was born in London, Ontario. She began singing in her family's band at age eleven. At age 17 she left school to start a career as a singer.[2]

Career

Bottrell sang and wrote songs for the Whitestone Country Band as a teenager. In 1978 she recorded an album, Just Reach Out and Touch Me, on the MBS label. A single from this album, "This Feeling Called Love", was her first hit.[2] That year she performed on at the Grand Ole Opry.

Bottrell was nominated for Country Female Vocalist of the Year at the Juno Awards in 1979, and again each year until 1986.[1]

A second album was recorded in 1980, and that year her best-known single "The Star", was released.[2] In all, eighteen of Bottrell's singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including five which reached the Top Ten.[3]

Bottrell won the Canadian Country Music Association award for Female Vocalist of the Year in 1983 and 1984. Later in the 1980s her recording career stalled because of management and label problems, but she began recording again in the 1990s.[4]

Bottrell was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010.[5] That year she played the lead role in the tribute show "Patsy Cline: The Legend".[6][4] In 2017 she performed at the CMA Ontario Awards gala.[7]

In 2016 Bottrell performed at the Bluegrass in the Country Festival on Manitoulan Island.[8]

Discography

Albums
Year Album CAN Country
1979 Just Reach Out and Touch Me —
1980 The Star 3
1982 A Night Like This —
1984 Everybody Wants to Be Single 27
1985 Girls Get Lonely Too —

Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
CAN Country CAN AC
1978 "Just Reach Out and Touch Me" 39 — Just Reach Out and Touch Me
"Always Havin' Your Love" 39 —
1979 "This Feeling Called Love" 21 —
"Oh Morning Sun Shine Bright" 29 39
"The Star" 3 — The Star
1980 "Flames of Evil Desire" 6 —
"The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" 10 —
1981 "Wonderin' If Willy" 8 —
1982 "Lay Your Heart on the Line" 14 — A Night Like This
"Does Your Heart Still Belong to Me" 10 —
1983 "Only the Names Have Been Changed" 17 —
"Everybody Wants to Be Single" 12 — Everybody Wants to Be Single
1984 "Lovers Moon" 21 —
"Until Forever" 33 —
1985 "Premeditated Love" 23 — Girls Get Lonely Too
1986 "Girls Get Lonely Too" 34 —
1991 "Lasso Your Love" 73 — singles only
1992 "I Don't Give Up So Easy" 52 —

References
  1. "Marie Bottrell". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  2. ""Marie Bottrell ", Allmusic biography.
  3. "Canadian music chart entries for Marie Bottrell". RPM. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  4. "Crazy about Cline". JAMES REANEY The London Free Press, November 4, 2010
  5. "Canadian Country Music Association’s Hall of Honour Induction and Concert". Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine, September 20, 2010
  6. "‘Crazy’ for Cline". Sep 06, 2011. Niagara This Week - St. Catharines
  7. "CMA Ontario Recap: June 8-11, 2017 – London, Ontario; Canadian Country Artists Gather For Fun, Music and CMA Ontario Awards". Music Life Magazine, June 28, 2017 by Melissa Price
  8. "Bluegrass in the Country celebrates another year of great music fundraising for a great cause". Manitoulan Expositor, June 15, 2016
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