Deborah Allen, born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, on September 30, 1953, is an American country music singer and songwriter. She moved to Nashville at age 19 and gained early recognition in 1979 by performing on three posthumous Jim Reeves duets, including “Don't Let Me Cross Over”, which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In 1980, she released her debut studio album, Trouble in Paradise, on Capitol Records, yielding her first solo country hit single, “Nobody's Fool”, which reached number 24. As a songwriter, she achieved her first Number 1 country hit with Janie Fricke's 1982 recording of “Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby”. In 1983, Allen signed with RCA Records and released her extended play Cheat the Night. The EP featured her signature crossover single, “Baby I Lied”, which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. She followed with the single “I've Been Wrong Before”, which reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and earned two Grammy Award nominations for Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Allen released studio albums including Let Me Be the First in 1984, Telepathy in 1987, Delta Dreamland in 1993, All That I Am in 1994, The Best of Deborah Allen in 2000, Memphis Princess in 2006, Hear Me Now in 2011, Rockin' Little Christmas in 2013, and The Art of Dreaming in 2022.
