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Dec 21, 2020 2:40 PM K . T. Oslin, who topped the country charts in the late 80s with her unique approach to country music and won several Grammys, CMA and ACM Awards along the way, has died. She was 78. Born Kay Toinette Oslin in Arkansas, Oslin was a folk singer, a musical theater actress and a commercial jingle singer before landing a country record deal under the name Kay T. Oslin . Neither of her singles did that well, but other artists started to record her songs, including The Judds . She eventually signed another contract, this time using the name K.T. Oslin, and her career took off.
Singer K.T. Oslin performs at the attends TJ Martell Honors Gala, Nashville Hutton Hotel on March 26, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Rick Diamond /Getty Images for TJ Martell Foundation
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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – K.T. Oslin, a three-time Grammy-winning country singer and songwriter, died on Monday after battling Parkinson’s Disease and being diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, according to The Rolling Stone. She was 78.
Oslin won a trio of Grammys in the late 1980s for her songs “80s Ladies” and “Hold Me.” She took home best country vocal performance by a female for “80s Ladies” in 1988, then won the same award and best country song for “Hold Me” in 1989. The singer-songwriter also topped the charts with her 1990 song “Come Next Monday.”
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Dec 21, 2020 2:40 PM K . T. Oslin, who topped the country charts in the late 80s with her unique approach to country music and won several Grammys, CMA and ACM Awards along the way, has died. She was 78. Born Kay Toinette Oslin in Arkansas, Oslin was a folk singer, a musical theater actress and a commercial jingle singer before landing a country record deal under the name Kay T. Oslin . Neither of her singles did that well, but other artists started to record her songs, including The Judds . She eventually signed another contract, this time using the name K.T. Oslin, and her career took off.
Grammy-winning country star K.T. Oslin has died. She was 78.
The history-making singer-songwriter, best known for being the first-ever female to win song of the year at the CMA Awards back in 1988, had been suffering from Parkinson s disease and was diagnosed with COVID-19 the week before her death on Monday. It is unclear at this time if either contributed to her death. MusicRow first reported the news of her death, which was later confirmed in a statement by the Country Music Association.
Born Kay Toinette Oslin in Crossett, Ark. in 1942, she began her career as a folk musician and Broadway star before she found fame in her mid-40s as a country star in 1987 with her debut album