At the time, this single made the biggest one-week jump in Hot 100 history, leaping from #81 to #7 for Jeannie C. Riley. It then just missed being the first record by a female to simultaneously top the country and pop charts. Tom T. Hall said his song was semi-autobiographical, with only the names changed to protect the innocent. It concerned the verbal smackdown a widow gave to her daughter’s school PTA, pointing out hypocrisy in their sanctimonious little Peyton Place. Heady stuff.
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