Betty Amos..If You're Waitin' On Me..Starday ACETATE Hayride w/Elvis Rocker 45

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This is Betty Amos...If You're Waitin' On Me...Starday Records  45 rpm ACETATE

Side two: I Once So Proudly Wore

Country rocker side one

Labels: In house typed, stock label...see pics

Vinyl: NM-....

Original Acetate

Betty Amos was a hillbilly artist who once was a part of The Carlisles act. She was born and raised near Roanoke, Virginia. She was also known to be a bit of a comedianne while on stage.

In the 1950s, she was recording with the Mercury label and appearing on the KWKH Louisiana Hayride

Betty Amos was born and raised near Roanoke, Virginia. She joined the Carlisles in the early 1950s as a singer and also worked with Mac Wiseman early on. She was first in the recording studio with Bill Carlisle's group and also cut a session with Lulu Belle and Scotty Wiseman in late 1952 for Mercury. By late 1953, Amos set out on her own and cut her first solo session for Mercury in the fall of that year. "What Would It Take" / "Hello to the Blues" was produced at the Universal Recording Studio in Chicago and released on Mercury #70280x45 in 1954. 

More recording sessions for Mercury followed until the label dropped Amos in 1955, releasing her last single in 1956. Afterwards, she took a break from recording for a couple of years. Nevertheless, she was seen and heard on numerous tours across the country and also performed at the KWKH Louisiana Hayride and the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia. There, she met Alice Schreiber, who had sang with her father's band "Barney Schreiber and the Hayshackers," as well as with Buddy Spicher and Donna Darlene as "The Golden West Girls." Schreiber eventually changed her name to "Judy Lee."

In 1960, Betty Amos formed a trio with her sister Jean and Judy Lee. While Betty Amos took over the lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Judy Lee played electric lead guitar and Jean was on bass. For bluegrass numbers, Judy Lee switched to an acoustic guitar and Betty would play her banjo. The developed an enteraining stage show and began touring the country with their act.

In May 1962, Amos recorded a session for the Philips label in Nashville, which produced one single. By 1963, the trio had secured a contract with the Starday label and moved to Nashville. They held their first session in May that year at the Starday Sound Studio in Nashville, produced by Tommy Hill.

Not only a talented singer and musician but also an accomplished songwriter, Amos composed a number of noteworthy songs. "Eighteen Wheels A-Rollin'," recorded during the trio's second session, was the first female trucker song to be recorded and one of the group's few recorded bluegrass numbers. Although Betty, Judy, and Jean harmonized real well together on bluegrass tunes, they became better known for their honky-tonk country style, in which they recorded most of their songs. Amos also wrote a number of hits for other artists, including the Willis Brothers ("Blazing Smokestack"), Jean Shepard ("Second Fiddle to an Old Guitar"), Bonnie Owens ("Wonderful World") as well as Ernest Tubb and Loretty Lynn ("That Odd Couple").