American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1915, the First Woman to Write a No. 1 Country Hit and Whose Songs Were Recorded by Tex Ritter, Kitty Wells, and Hank Snow

Carson got her foot in the door of the music industry as a member of the trio Three Little Maids, with her sisters. They regularly performed on local radio stations. She was the guitarist and main ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1978, the Singing Cowgirl Who Wrote a History-Making Hit for Tex Ritter Rode Into the Sunset for the Final Time

On this day (December 16) in 1978, Jenny Lou Carson died at the age of 63. Born Lucille Overstake, she rose to fame as a radio performer with her sisters, Evelyn and Eva, in the Three Little Maids.