Molly O'Day (singer)
Molly O'Day ( born July 9, 1923 as Lois LaVerne Williamson in McVeigh, Pike County, Kentucky; † 5 December 1987) was an American country music singer and one of the first female stars of country music.
O'Day came from a native to the Appalachian miner's family. Together with her brothers Cecil and Joe she formed a band, in which she played guitar. In 1939 she appeared for the first time on the radio. She took the name "Mountain Far" and later " Dixie Lee Williamson " to. In short intervals, they changed the radio station. In 1940, she joined the band "Forty Niners " the guitarist Lynn Davis, whom she married a year later.
Career
It succeeded O'Day soon out of the shadow of her husband step out. 1946, the influential songwriter Fred Rose became aware of it and gave a record deal with the Columbia label. In the first recording session, a number of pieces of that time still unknown Fred Rose - protégé Hank Williams was recorded, including her best-known hit Tramp On The Street.
However, soon health problems began. It was mainly fatigue, which forced again and again to pause. The more popular they became, the more they suffered from the inevitable stress. In 1950 she was after only five years of their career. She stopped the music but still connected. Together with her husband she devoted himself entirely to religion and occurred mainly in churches. Years later, some gospel albums were recorded at Columbia. From 1973, they had their own, common radio show with Christian music.
Molly O'Day died in 1987 from cancer. Within just five years, she had become one of the first female stars of country music.