Do You Remember Sissy Spacek’s Surprising Music Career?

Do you remember when Sissy Spacek was a singer before she was an actress? It sounds odd now, especially since her name instantly brings to mind Carrie, as well as a long stretch of acclaimed performances that followed. But before she broke through in Hollywood, Spacek was chasing a dream in music, and she stepped into the recording studio when she was just a teenager.

In 1968, she recorded her debut single under the stage name “Rainbo.” The song, “John You Went Too Far This Time,” was written as a pointed response to John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s nude album cover for Two Virgins. The single failed to gain commercial traction, and when sales sputtered, Spacek was dropped by her record label. It marked her first professional attempt to build a career in entertainment.