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American singer, born June 18, 1944 in Jasper, Alabama - died July 20, 2024. Stylistically, she drew comparisons to Skeeter Davis and Brenda Lee, integrating pop with country (and some gospel). Posey also sang with Bobby Goldsboro, Tommy Roe, and Joe Tex, and she sang back-up on Percy Sledge's When a Man Loves a Woman. Posey's million-selling signature hit from 1966, Born a Woman, was covered by Nick Lowe in 1977.