# Joyce Seamone

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Canadian country singer

**Joyce Seamone** is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) country singer.[1] She is most noted for her single "Testing 1-2-3", which was a number one hit on Canada's [country music](/source/Country_music) charts in 1972.[2]

Originally from [Maplewood](/source/Maplewood%2C_Nova_Scotia), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia), Seamone moved to [Woodstock](/source/Woodstock%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) in the 1960s for work.[1] While living in Woodstock she signed to Marathon Records, and released the single "Testing 1-2-3" in 1972. The single, the title track from her debut album, peaked at #1 in the *[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))* country charts the week of August 19, 1972,[3] and Seamone was the only Canadian female country singer to score a #1 hit with her debut single through the entire 1970s.[1] However, the album did not spawn any further chart hits. She released her second album, *Merry Christmas from Joyce Seamone*, later the same year.

Her third album, 1973's *Stand By for a Special Announcement*, performed poorly on the charts, with its title track peaking at #69 in *RPM* the week of September 15, 1973.[4] She was then dropped from Marathon Records and signed to [Boot Records](/source/Boot_Records), which released her fourth album *I Can See It in His Eyes* in 1975. That album also did not give Seamone any notable hit singles; she then made her second and final appearance in the country top 40 in 1978 with the non-album single "There's More Love Where That Came From" reaching #14 in 1978.

She moved back to Nova Scotia in the 1980s, where she started her own independent label and released a new album, *The Other Side of Me*, independently in 1994.[1] She was also an organizer of the Fox Mountain Music Festival, served on the board of directors for the Nova Scotia [Country Music Hall of Fame](/source/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum), and continued to perform regional shows at music festivals in [the Maritimes](/source/The_Maritimes).[1] In 2019, she returned to Woodstock to perform a show for the first time since moving back to Nova Scotia.[1]

## Discography

- *Testing 1-2-3* (1972)

- *Merry Christmas from Joyce Seamone* (1972)

- *Stand By for a Special Announcement* (1973)

- *I Can See It in His Eyes* (1975)

- *The Other Side of Me* (1994)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-saylors_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-saylors_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-saylors_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-saylors_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-saylors_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-saylors_1-5) Kathleen Saylors, ["Country star Joyce Seamone returns to Woodstock"](https://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/entertainment/local-arts/country-star-joyce-seamone-returns-to-woodstock). *[Woodstock Sentinel-Review](/source/Woodstock_Sentinel-Review)*, August 29, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Steve Kannon, ["It was Testing 1-2-3 to start, but now she's got the sound down pat"](https://observerxtra.com/2019/08/29/it-was-testing-1-2-3-to-start-but-now-shes-got-the-sound-down-pat/). *Elmira Observer*, August 29, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Country Playlist"](https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7634&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7634.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7634). *[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))*, August 19, 1972.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Country Playlist"](http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4876&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4876.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4876). *[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))*, September 15, 1973.

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