Deborah Allen

Deborah Lynn Thurmond known professionally as Deborah Allen, is an American country music singer, songwriter, author and actress. Since 1976, Allen has issuedalbums and chartedsingles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, most notably the 1983 crossover hit Baby I Lied which reached No.1604 on the country charts and No.16026 on the Billboard Hot 100. Allen has also written No.singles for herself, Janie Fricke and John Conlee, Tophits for Patty Loveless, Tanya Tucker and Tophits for The Whites and others.

Allen was born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee and was strongly influenced by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Ray Charles, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the current music which was being played in Memphis on WHBQ and WDIA, as well as country greats such as Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. At 18, Allen moved to Nashville to begin pursuing her career in music. She worked a short stint as a waitress at the local Music Row IHOP restaurant. While there one day, Deborah met Roy Orbison and songwriter Joe Melson. Two weeks later, Orbison and Melson, who admired her spunk, decided to hire Allen as to sing background on a couple of Orbison tracks.

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