Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
| Company type | Musical duo |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Founder | Jack Blanchard, Misty Morgan |
| Defunct | 2021 |
| Headquarters | United States |
Area served | United States |
| Products | Country music recordings and performances |
| Website | jackandmisty |
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan were a country music pair from the United States, originating in Florida. The duo consisted of Jack Blanchard, who played guitar and keyboards while also providing vocals (born May 8, 1942), and his spouse Misty Morgan, a keyboardist and vocalist (May 23, 1945 – January 1, 2021). Throughout the 1970s, they recorded under various record labels and produced notable albums such as Birds of a Feather and Two Sides of Jack and Misty. From 1969 to 1976, they released fourteen singles, including the standout track "Tennessee Bird Walk", which reached number one on the country charts and peaked at No. 23 on the pop charts in 1970.
Biography
Both Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan were born in Buffalo, New York, and spent their formative years in Ohio. Their paths crossed in Florida in 1963—Blanchard was performing as a comedian while Morgan was active as a pianist. They married four years later in 1967. In late 2020, Morgan was diagnosed with cancer and she died at age 75 on January 1, 2021.
Musical career
The pair began issuing singles together on Miami's Zodiac label starting in 1965. Following their marriage, they signed with Wayside Records in 1969 and debuted with "Big Black Bird (Spirit of Our Love)", which climbed to No. 59 on the U.S. country charts. Their major success arrived with the novelty hit "Tennessee Bird Walk", which topped the country charts and reached No. 23 on the pop charts. They continued their momentum with "Humphrey the Camel", which peaked at No. 5 on the country listings.
Their sophomore album, Two Sides of Jack and Misty released via Mega Records, yielded four singles that charted, including "Somewhere in Virginia in the Rain" reaching No. 15 and the novelty song "The Legendary Chicken Fairy". During the mid-1970s, they released six singles under Epic Records, with "Just One More Song" in 1974 becoming their final Top 40 hit at No. 23. After issuing a compilation titled Sweet Memories in 1987, they returned to recording with Back in Harmony (1995) on their own Velvet Saw Records label. Between 2005 and 2008, three archival collections were released through Australia's Omni Records.
Their track "Yellow Bellied Sapsucker" was featured on the Australian television drama series Tangle.
Discography
- Birds of a Feather (Wayside Records, 1970) US No. 185, US Country No. 16
- Two Sides of Jack and Misty (Mega Records, 1972) US Country No. 35
- Sweet Memories (Chalice Records, 1987)
- Back in Harmony (Playback Records, 1995)
- Back from the Dead (BAM Records, 2000)
- A Little Out of Sync (Velvet Saw Records, 2001)
- Masters of the Keyboards (Velvet Saw Records, 2001)
- Jack and Misty are Crazy (Velvet Saw Records, 2003)
- Beginnings (Velvet Saw Records, 2004)
- Back From the Dead, Vol. 2 (Velvet Saw Records)
- Life and Death (and Almost Everything Else) (Omni Records, 2006)
- Weird Scenes Inside the Birdhouse (Omni Records, 2007)
- Nashville Sputnik the Deep South/Outer Space Productions of Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (Omni Records, 2008)
- Traveling Music (Velvet Saw Records, 2009)
- Just One More Song – The 2012 Recordings (Velvet Saw Records, 2012)
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | AUS | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1969 | "Bethlehem Steel" | — | — | — | — | — | Birds of a Feather |
| "Big Black Bird (Spirit of Our Love)" | 59 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970 | "Tennessee Bird Walk" | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| "Humphrey the Camel" | 5 | 78 | 39 | 24 | 78 | ||
| "You've Got Your Troubles (I've Got Mine)" | 27 | — | — | 11 | — | ||
| 1971 | "There Must Be More to Life (Than Growing Old)" | 25 | — | — | — | — | Two Sides of Jack and Misty |
| "Fire Hydrant No. 79"A | 46 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972 | "Somewhere in Virginia in the Rain" | 15 | — | — | 31 | — | |
| "The Legendary Chicken Fairy" | 38 | — | — | 37 | — | ||
| "Second Tuesday in December" | 60 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| 1973 | "A Handful of Dimes" | 65 | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Cockroach Stomp" | |||||||
- A B-side to "There Must Be More to Life (Than Growing Old)".
External links
- http://jackandmisty.net Official Website of Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
- Misty Morgan's Profile
- Jack Blanchard's Profile
- Artist Listing on 45cat.com
- Country music ensembles from Florida
- American country music duos
- Epic Records recording artists
- Married musical partners
- Mercury Records recording artists
- Musical groups formed in 1970
- Musical groups disbanded in 2021
- 1970 establishments in Florida
- 2021 disestablishments in Florida
- United Artists Records recording artists
- Musical groups disestablished in 2021