Deborah Allan is one of the most popular and richest Singer‑Songwriter who was born on September 30, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Deborah Allen (born Deborah Lynn Thurmond on September 30 1953) is an American country music artist writer, songwriter, and actress. From 1976 to the present, Allen has issued 12 albums and charted 14 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Allen recorded her 1983 crossover smash “Baby I Lied”, which was ranked No. 4 on the country charts and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Allen has also composed no. #1 singles with herself Janie Fricke and John Conlee; Top 5 hits for Patty Loveless and Tanya Tucker and A Top 10 hit for The Whites.
The year 1983 saw Deborah was transferred to RCA Records which was where she had the greatest success when she released Cheat The Night. The debut single from the album “Baby I Lied” became Allen’s signature track and the only crossover success. The track reached No. 4, on the Billboard chart, and it jumped into the Billboard Hot 100 which peaked at No. 26 in January 1984. The song also made the Top 10 of the Adult Contemporary chart. Allen was the next to follow the crossover hit by releasing the country hit “I’ve Been Wrong Before” that reached the number. 1 . on the Cashbox chart, and was ranked at #2 on the Billboard Country Chart in the spring of 1984. The song also earned her nominations for both the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance Female. The following time “I Hurt For You” is the album that Allen released her breakthrough on It became an instant Top 10 country hit. The year 1984 was the time she released Let Me Be First, which was the first album digitally recorded and then released from Nashville. It was in the year 1984 that Allen hit the charts once more when she released “Heartache and a Half” (written by Allen with her then-husband Rafe Van Hoy and Muscle Shoals writer Eddie Struzick).
In 1979, while singing at a private party, she was discovered by producer Bud Logan, who invited her to sing on five unfinished duet tracks by the late Jim Reeves. Three of these songs were “Don’t Let Me Cross Over,” “Oh, How I Miss You Tonight” and “Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me.” All three duets were released as singles, and made the Top 10 on the country charts for Reeves’ longtime label, RCA Records. She was billed as “The Mystery Singer” on the first release, an innovative promotion by label head, Joe Galante.
In 1980, Allen signed with Capitol Records. Her debut album for the label was 1980’s Trouble in Paradise. The album produced her initial solo hit “Nobody’s Fool” peaking at No. 24 on Billboard country chart. Subsequent chart singles included (although none never made it on to an album) “You (Make Me Wonder Why),” “You Look Like the One I Love” (a song she had co-written) and “After Tonight,” co-written by Troy Seals, each peaking at #20, #33 and #82 on Billboard Country Chart. At the same time, Allen had written a song called “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me Baby” with Bruce Channel and Kieran Kane. Although she pleaded with her record label, Capitol, to let her record it and release it as a single, they refused. With the encouragement of music publisher Don Gant, Janie Fricke’s producer, Jim Ed Norman, heard “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me Baby” and recorded it with Fricke. The single became Deborah’s first No. 1 single on the Billboard charts as a songwriter.
In 1982, she had started working in collaboration with Rafe Van Hoy for songwriting. They got married that year.
