Barbara Fairchild

For three years Barbara Fairchild struggled along on the Columbia record label, getting airplay but never cracking the Top Twenty on the Billboard Country singles chart. Then at the end of 1972 Barbara Fairchild released the record that suddenly made her a star. "Teddy Bear Song" climbed quickly to #1 and was one of the top hits of 1973. She followed up with a number of other songs on the childhood theme, including "Kid Stuff," and "Baby Doll," with some success. After Barbara Fairchild's tenure with Columbia ended in 1978, she drifted toward gospel and later performed at her own theater in Branson, Missouri.