Penny Jay

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Penny Jay (June 12, 1925-2006), an American country music singer and songwriter, was active from the 1940s to the 1960s. * She is best known for her song "Don't Let Me Cross Over," which debuted on the country music charts in late 1962. Penny Jay was born in Monteagle, Tennessee, on September 25th. * When her Mother, Edna Tobitt Adams, remarried, they relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee, where Jay began performing with her mother at church functions at the age of 10. Cas Walker, a Knoxville business and host of a radio show on local television (who is also credited with Dolly Parton and the Everly Brothers' careers), interviewed Penny Jay when she was 12. * Jay performed stand-up bass and guitar, and he became a regular on the show in the early 1940s. "Little Miss Helen" was Knoxville, Tennessee's first Golden Girl. Jay began performing as part of a pair with a friend named Marie Wilson in the early 1950s. "Jenny & Jill" was billed as "Jenny & Jill" on the back cover of OKeh Records, including "A Million More Hearts." In the early 1960s, Jay began performing and writing songs for other artists. * She had signed to Republic Records but her deal had been nabbed by Decca Records. "Just Over The Line," "Lonely And Unwanted," and "Those Kinds of Girls" were all released on Decca. * Jay appeared at the Grand Ole Opry and on Roy Acuff's "Midnight Jamboree" radio show broadcast from Ernest Tubb's record store. (She also toured for the USO during the Korean War). * Penny loved performing for all the military troops. (Her USO Tours took her to China, Japan, Philippine Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and Hawaii.) Sherry Moyers, who was the first female professional C/W Drummer in Nashville, was a member of Jay's band at the time. When Carl and Pearl Butler recorded her song "Don't Let Me Cross Over," she had her best success as a professional songwriter, and had a top-five hit on the country charts in 1962. * The song was first released in November 1962 and debuted on the Billboard Country Singles chart on December 29, 1962. The song debuted on number one for 11 (non-consecutive) weeks and has since established itself as a country-music benchmark. It has been covered by more than 30 artists, including George Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis and Dolly Parton. "Set Him Free," Jimmy Martin's "Widow Maker"," and many more are among Jay's other songs. Jay stopped performing in the 1970s and moved to Nashville, Arkansas, in 1996 to live with her daughter and son-in-law, guitarist Bobby Chambers. * She died in 2006. * She was buried in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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