Peggy Forman was a well-known Nashville songwriter. The daughter of an oilfield worker and a homemaker, she hailed from Centerville, Louisiana. A music lover and singer since childhood, young Peggy met her husband Wayne Forman while still in high school. After their marriage, they began performing together in a band with Wayne singing leads and... [+] Read More

On recordings, Bob Astor is best remembered as half of a songwriting team behind jazz jive and rhythm and blues songs such as the hefty saga of "Fat Sam From Birmingham", a number recorded with great relish by bandleaders Louis Jordan and King Pleasure. Astor and his main collaborator, pianistGeorge Williams, also came up with the haunting and... [+] Read More