royce and melba kendall's daughter jeannie proved to be musically talented from an early age, and as a teenager she became her father's duet partner. in 1969, when jeannie was 15 years old, the kendalls recorded an album for stop records, from which a single was released in 1970: a cover of john denver's "leaving on a jet plane" (previously a hit for peter, paul & mary). the kendalls' version narrowly missed the top fifty on the u.s. country charts.