{{short description|American country music singer (born 1945)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Arlene Harden | image = Arlene Harden.jpg | alt = | caption = | image_size = | birth_place = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|03|01}}<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=179|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> | origin = England, Arkansas, U.S. | genre = Country | years_active = 1966–1978 | label = Columbia<br />Capitol<br />Elektra | past_member_of = The Harden Trio }} '''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.<ref name="whitburn"/> Her most successful release was a cover of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman", titled "Lovin' Man (Oh Pretty Woman)".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arlene-harden-mn0000596620|title=Arlene Harden biography|work=Allmusic|accessdate=5 December 2015}}</ref> She later recorded for Capitol and Elektra as Arleen Harden.<ref name="whitburn"/>
==Discography==
===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:18em;"| Title ! style="width:16em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''What Can I Say'' | * Release date: August 1968 * Label: Columbia Records |- ! scope="row"| ''Arlene Harden Sings Roy Orbison'' | * Release date: March 1970 * Label: Columbia Records |- ! scope="row"| ''I Could Almost Say Goodbye'' | * Release date: June 1975 * Label: Capitol Records |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"| US Country<br><ref name="whitburn"/> ! width="45"| CAN Country<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3813&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v6hhcl9so2237g17dkai2cvei7|title=RPM Country Tracks for June 27, 1970|work=RPM|accessdate=17 September 2010}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| 1967 ! scope="row"| "You and Only You" | — | — | {{n/a}} |- ! scope="row"| "Fair Weather Love" | 48 | — | align="left"| ''What Can I Say'' |- ! scope="row"| "You're Easy to Love" | 49 | — | {{n/a}} |- | rowspan="2"| 1968 ! scope="row"| "He's a Good Ole Boy" | 32 | — | rowspan="2" align="left"| ''What Can I Say'' |- ! scope="row"| "What Can I Say" | 41 | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1969 ! scope="row"| "Too Much of a Man (To Be Tied Down)" | 45 | — | {{n/a}} |- ! scope="row"| "My Friend" | 63 | — | rowspan="3" align="left"| ''Arlene Harden Sings Roy Orbison'' |- | rowspan="2"| 1970 ! scope="row"| "Lovin' Man (Oh Pretty Woman)" | 13 | 24 |- ! scope="row"| "Crying" | 28 | — |- | rowspan="4"| 1971 ! scope="row"| "True Love Is Greater Than Friendship" | 22 | — | rowspan="7" {{n/a}} |- ! scope="row"| "Married to a Memory" |25 |— |- ! scope="row"| "Congratulations (You Sure Made a Man out of Him)" | 49 | — |- ! scope="row"| "Ruby Gentry's Daughter" | 46 | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1972 ! scope="row"| "A Special Day" | 29 | — |- ! scope="row"| "It Takes a Lot of Tenderness" | 45 | — |- | 1973 ! scope="row"| "Would You Walk with Me Jimmy" | 21 | — |- | 1974 ! scope="row"| "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" | 72 | — | rowspan="4" align="left"| ''I Could Almost Say Goodbye'' |- | rowspan="3"| 1975 ! scope="row"| "I Could Almost Say Goodbye" | — | — |- ! scope="row"| "Country Sunday" | — | — |- ! scope="row"| "Roll On, Sweet Mississippi" | — | — |- | 1976 ! scope="row"| "Misty Mountain Rain" | — | — | rowspan="4" {{n/a}} |- | rowspan="2"| 1977 ! scope="row"| "Southern Belle" | — | — |- ! scope="row"| "A Place Where Love Has Been" | 100 | — |- | 1978 ! scope="row"| "You're Not Free and I'm Not Easy" | 74 | — |- | colspan="5" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}
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