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At five years old, my vocal career began by shouting over my big sister, Terry, as we listened to Elvis sing “Blue Suede Shoes.” Singing around the dinner table and camp songs by the fire led to my audition, at nine, for the choir at Holy Communion Episcopal Church. Eventually I became a featured soloist. My formal training began, at sixteen, studying with the coach of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus when the company was in my home town Memphis, Tennessee.
“Cybill and Friends,” my “Peter, Paul, and Mary” inspired group, began playing parties for fifty dollars. To my shock and amazement, we weren’t even runners up at the East High School talent show. However, in 1966 I did win the Miss Teenage Memphis contest. For my talent portion I sang “Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right” accompanying myself on the Ukulele.
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