Arlene Harden

Ava "Arlene" Harden (born March 1, 1945) is an American country music singer. Between 1966 and 1968, she was one-third of The Harden Trio, which comprised her brother, Bobby and sister, Robbie. Arlene recorded for Columbia Records as a solo artist between 1967 and 1973, charting fifteen times on the Hot Country Songs charts.^[1] Her most successful release was a cover of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman", titled "Lovin' Man (Oh Pretty Woman)".^[2] She later recorded for Capitol and Elektra as Arleen Harden.^[1]

Arlene Harden
Background information
Born	(1945-03-01) March 1, 1945 (age 80)[1]
Origin	England, Arkansas, U.S.
Genres	Country
Years active	1966–1978
Labels	Columbia Capitol Elektra
Formerly of	The Harden Trio

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
What Can I Say	Release date: August 1968 Label: Columbia Records
Arlene Harden Sings Roy Orbison	Release date: March 1970 Label: Columbia Records
I Could Almost Say Goodbye	Release date: June 1975 Label: Capitol Records

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
		US Country [1]	CAN Country [3]
1967	"You and Only You"	—	—	—
	"Fair Weather Love"	48	—	What Can I Say
	"You're Easy to Love"	49	—	—
1968	"He's a Good Ole Boy"	32	—	What Can I Say
	"What Can I Say"	41	—
1969	"Too Much of a Man (To Be Tied Down)"	45	—	—
	"My Friend"	63	—	Arlene Harden Sings Roy Orbison
1970	"Lovin' Man (Oh Pretty Woman)"	13	24
	"Crying"	28	—
1971	"True Love Is Greater Than Friendship"	22	—	—
	"Married to a Memory"	25	—
	"Congratulations (You Sure Made a Man out of Him)"	49	—
	"Ruby Gentry's Daughter"	46	—
1972	"A Special Day"	29	—
	"It Takes a Lot of Tenderness"	45	—
1973	"Would You Walk with Me Jimmy"	21	—
1974	"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)"	72	—	I Could Almost Say Goodbye
1975	"I Could Almost Say Goodbye"	—	—
	"Country Sunday"	—	—
	"Roll On, Sweet Mississippi"	—	—
1976	"Misty Mountain Rain"	—	—	—
1977	"Southern Belle"	—	—
	"A Place Where Love Has Been"	100	—
1978	"You're Not Free and I'm Not Easy"	74	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart