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Deborah Allen (born Deborah Lynn Thurmond on September 30 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis, Tennessee), is an United States|American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and piano|pianist. She is best-known for her smooth Country Pop-styled hits of the early 1980s. Her best known sound recording and reproduction|recording is the crossover hit "Baby I Lied".
Early Life & Rise to Fame
Allen was born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee and was strongly influenced by Patsy Cline. It was at the young age of 17, that Allen decided to pursue a country music career, and she then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, the hometown of Country music. Here, she followed the basic tradition of what most rising country stars did, and became a waitress at the local IHOP (restaurant)|IHOP restaurant. While working here, she met Roy Orbison. Orbison liked Allen's voice, and he decided to hire Allen as a singer|background singer. She also worked at the ''Opryland'' theme park. She soon landed a gig as a singer and dancer in Tennessee Ernie Ford's tour. It was soon evident that Allen wanted to pursue a solo (music)|solo career.
Allen finally got the chance to pursue a singing career in her own right. She served as an opening act for Jim Stafford. In 1979, Allen was handpicked by Jim Reeves' wife to sing on some of Reeves' unfinished duet tracks. These songs were "Don'... read all
