Harvie June Van Born:  March 2, 1940 WHUB Cooksville, TN

About The Artist Around early 1956 or so, they were calling Harvie June Van, a native of Monterey, Tennessee, one of the top three female singers in country music. And she was only 15 at the time. She got her start singing when she was all of three years old, on radio station WHUB in Cookeville, Tennessee. Her family moved on up to Dayton, Ohio. They had a songwriter friend by the name of Mrs. Louise Webb, of Nashville, who introduced them to King Records artist director, Louis Innis, who then signed her to a recording contract. They say her first release was a hit in the southern USA and in Canada, too. The Quality record label issued the tunes which were "Can Can Skirt" and "My Sin of Yesterday". That was about June 1954. She had three more releases after that (up to mid 1956): "The Lights Are Grouing Dim" with "I'm Just Not That Kind". Thn there was "Mama Don't Chase My Love Away" with "Don't Offer Me The Stars". Finally, there was "False or True" and on the flip side "I Found You". In early 1956, she made her first television appearance on an unnamed popular Nashville tv show. By that time, her manager was Bob Ferguson who was planning other appearances for the young talented singer. Credits & Sources Country Song Roundup No. 43; April 1956; American Folk Publications, Inc.; Derby, CT.

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Recordings (78rpm/45rpm)   Kapp Rec. No. Side Song Title   2066 A Dasher   2066 B Natividad   875 A Natividad   875 B Dasher   King Rec. No. Side Song Title   1369 A Can Can Skirt   1369 B My Sins Of Yesterday   1387 A The Lights Are Growing Dim   1387 B I'm Just Not That Kind   1482 A Mama Don't Chase My Love Away   1482 B Don't Offer Me The Stars   1497 A False Or True   1497 B I Found Out