Linda Martell became the first African-American female vocalist to record specificially for the country market, enjoying two top 40 country hits on Plantation in 1969-70 including the first hit version of "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" which peaked at #33.
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Novelist/songwriter Alice Randall reviewed Linda Martell's album Color Me Country in 2010, and wrote, "The second cut, the Ben Peters–penned "San Francisco Is a Lonely Town," is a variation on the Harlan Howard masterpiece "Streets of Baltimore.