Marilyn Sellars

Marilyn Sellars (born December 31, 1938) is an American country music and gospel singer who had several hits during the mid-1970s on Mega Records, most notably the original version of "One Day at a Time" in 1974.

Marilyn Sellars
Birth name	Marilyn Sellars
Born	1944
Origin	Northfield, Minnesota, US
Genres	Christian, Country
Occupation	singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1973–present
Labels	Mega

Early career

Sellars was born in Northfield, Minnesota in 1938. She started singing in church at the age of three singing "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning". Sellars began singing at functions and clubs around Minnesota as a teenager and after high school graduation in 1956, sang a variety of music with country and Gospel music being her favorites. Many of her family and friends enjoyed her singing and suggested Sellars moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1973.

Breakthrough

Sellars signed with Mega Records in 1973 and success began quite rapidly with a song written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson called "One Day at a Time". This would become a hit for Sellars in 1974 and reached No. 19 on the country charts and No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The album of the same name went to No. 10 on the country charts. The song would become an even bigger hit for Cristy Lane in 1980 going to number No. 1 on the country charts. Sellars had another Top 40 country hit in early 1975 with her cover version of Sammi Smith's "He's Everywhere" and released two more albums that year with Gather Me and The Door I Used To Close. Sellars had two minor hits in both 1975 and 1976 with the title tracks of both albums. After that, Mega Records closed its doors and Sellars faded quietly from view and decided to raise her family and moved back to Minnesota.

Life today

Sellars continues to perform to this day and has released several albums of country and gospel music, the most recent of these being the 2006 release of One Day at a Time: My Faith, My Country. In 2004, she was inducted into the Minnesota Country and Rock Hall of Fame.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	US Country
1974	One Day at a Time Released: 1974 Label: Mega Records	10
1975	Gather Me Released: 1975 Label: Mega Records
1976	Moods of Marilyn Released: 1976 Label: Zodiac Records

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions		Album	Release date
		US Country	US
1974	"One Day at a Time"	19	37	One Day at a Time	May 1974
	"He's Everywhere"	39	—	Gather Me	November 1974
1975	"Gather Me"	84	—		1975
1976	"The Door I Used to Close"	91	—	single only	January 1976
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or not released

Marilyn's First Album

One Day at a Time was Marilyn's first 1974 album. It peaked at #10 at the Top Country Albums of that year.

One Day at a Time
Studio album by Marilyn Sellars
Released	1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Country
Label	Mega
Marilyn Sellars chronology
Sing Me a Song (To Make Me Happy) (1973) One Day at a Time (1974) He's Everywhere (1974)
Singles from One Day at a Time
"One Day at a Time" Released: May 1974

Side one

1. "One Day at a Time" – 3:31
2. "How Is He" – 2:27
3. "The Rain's Got to Make a Living Too" – 2:45
4. "When I Said Goodbye" – 3:01
5. "California" - 2:44

Side two

1. "When He Loved Me" – 3:29
2. "Good Love (I Knew I'd Find You)" – 2:10
3. "Sing Me a Song (To Make Me Happy)" – 2:54
4. "Burden of Freedom" – 3:36
5. "Friendship" – 2:46