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US singer born October 20, 1937. She was one of the first female rock and roll singers in the United States, releasing her debut record in 1954 (which was a country recording). She is often hailed as the Queen Of Rockabilly. She charted 34 times in the U.S. and U.K. as a solo artist between 1956 and 1974 and once with Billy Gray in the duet You Can’t Have My Love in 1954. This included two top ten country songs In the Middle of a Heartache (#6) and Right or Wrong (#9), both in 1961.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 (Early Influence).