Sandy Mason
Sandra Mason Theoret was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician. Apart from her numerous songwriting credits, she was also a pianist and guitarist, and provided backing vocals for other artists. In 1967, her single "There You Go" reached No. 64 on the Billboard country chart.
Mason gained biggest success as a songwriter. In 1979, her song "When [I Dream (song)|When I Dream]", recorded by Crystal Gayle, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. In 1998, the song "Two Piña Coladas" recorded by Garth Brooks reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.
Early life and career
Sandy Mason was born in Tarentum, Pennsylvania in 1939. As a child, she performed on the Pittsburgh radio and TV. In 1965, she started her own local television show on WTAE.In 1966, she was signed to Hickory Records. The song "There You Go", recorded on the label, was her lone chart success as a recording artist.
Mason provided backing vocals for other artists, Crystal Gayle: 1976 studio album Crystal, 1977 studio album We Must [Believe in Magic]; and Johnny Cash: 1982 studio album The Adventures of Johnny Cash.
Songwriting
The song "All I Wanna Do in Life", co-written with Allen Reynolds, was recorded by Marianne Faithfull and included on her studio album Dreamin' [My Dreams (Marianne Faithfull album)|Dreamin' My Dreams]. The song was also recorded by Crystal Gayle and George Jones.Mason's other songwriting credits include "Only Love", co-written with Roger Cook and John Prine. It was recorded by Johnny Cash, Don Williams, and Prine's version appeared on his studio album Aimless Love.
Australian singer Colleen Hewett, recorded Mason-written songs "Since I Loved Like That" and "When I Dream" for her studio album Colleen. "When I Dream" was also recorded by Helen Reddy for her studio album Play Me Out, Willie Nelson for his studio album Partners, and Nanci Griffith for her studio album Ruby's Torch.
Her other songwriting credits include songs recorded by Dottie West: "I Heard Our Song", "You Take Me Home, Honey" ; Crystal Gayle: "What You've Done for Me", "You'll Be Loved Someday", "Hands" ; Debby Boone: "I'd Even Let You Go" ; Johnny Cash: "After All".