Beverly Mae Wilson Born:  April 11, 1946 Died:  July 14, 2010

About The Artist Beverly Mae Wilson was born to Harry Leslie and Viola May (Maloney) Wilson in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The family moved to southern California when she was just three years old. A 1958 article in the Bridgeport Telegram seems to indicate that the her father was a member of the U. S. Marines and was based for a time at Camp Pendleton, California. She began her entertainment career in 1951 and became a professional entertainer in 1957. In 1958, circumstances allowed her to be back in her hometown of Bridgeport to appear at the local armory for a Saturday night dance. The trip was part of a promotional tour for her first record on the Shaston label. When John Sullivan (Lonzo of Lonzo and Oscar fame) passed away in 1967, it prompted Paul Charon who was writing a column for Country Music Life magazine to recall when he first met Lonzo and Oscar. Here's what Paul wrote back then: "I remember our first meeting in 1959, when I was still an amateur artists at age 16, on the Cal Worthington TV program in Huntington Beach, California, Lonze and Oscar, along with Don Gibson were the guest stars. Until then, the only stars I had met and made close frieds with in Country Music were: Smokey Rogers, Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two (Luther and Marshall). These people were so kind to me, that I couldn't dream the others could be so friendly. Here I was, with my partner, Beverly Mae Wilson, finding that our agent hadn't cleared through AFTRA, and we couldn't appear on the show. It was especially embarrassing, with all our California friends and relatives watching back home. The Sullivan Brothers with Don Gibson, giving us courage, saying that these are the breaks in show business and that they have been through the same discouraging ordeals. Sometimes that is the striving force that enables a youngster to go on, in the competitive field of show business and seasoned artists. Thank you to these stars, for sharing a few valuable moments with the many young struggling artists!!" On October 28, 1958, she made a guest appearance on Cliffie Stone's show over KXLA. Later, on November 28, she appeared on Smokey Roger's Western Caravan show that aired over KFMB-TV and Little Jimmy Dickens was the scheduled guest. On June 6, 1959, she appeared to be taking a break from doing appearances with Smokey Rogers' troupe and was to headline at the Melody Inn in Fullerton, California. Then on July 3, her management company, Robert A. Sherwood Enterprises, had her leaving on a summer tour of the Pacific Northwest. In 1960, a magazine article called her the "Teenage Rage". Her manager was Bob Sherwood of Sherwood Enterprises. As you might expect, she did appearances in the local venues. One of them was The Westerners in National City, California. The band that would back her included Henry Maddox (of Maddox Brothers and Rose fame) and Billy Guitar. The band also backed other singers such as "Tall Paul" Charon and Smokey Rogers. In early 1963, she joined forces with Dale Carter and His Country Swing Band to do a live radio show over KASE radio out of Riverside, California every Saturday afternoon. She was recording for the Impact label at the time. For a time Larry Biel of the Bostonia Ballroom in El Cajon, California doing promotional and publicity work for Beverly. She was a tax examiner for the IRS for many years until she retired in 1994. She and her husband moved from Azle, Texas to Harrisonville, Missouri in 2004, where she passed away in 2010. The couple had two daughters, Roxzanna and Lorrencine. She had three brothers, Harry, Arthur and Edwin. Credits & Sources The Bridgeport Telegram; Saturday, July 26, 1958; Bridgeport, CT The Bridgeport Post; Tuesday, July 29, 1958; Bridgeport, CT The Billboard; November 3, 1958; Billboard Magazine; Cincinnati, OH The Billboard; May 25, 1959; Billboard Magazine; Cincinnati, OH The Billboard; March 9, 1963; Billboard Magazine; Cincinnati, OH On The Trail; Vol. 1 No. 7; January / February 1959; Trail Publications, Inc.; 48 West 48th Street; New York, NY Country Song Roundup; No. 65; March 1960; American Folk Publications, Inc.; Charlton Building, Derby, CT Cowboy Songs; No. 66; May 1961; American Folk Publications, Inc.; Charlton Building, Derby, CT Country Music Life; August 1967; Country Music Life Publications; Orange, CA

Recordings (78rpm/45rpm)

Impact
Rec. No.	Side	Song Title
11	A	Lonesome Girl
11	B	Till I Met You
Robert Atwood Sherwood Enterprises
Rec. No.	Side	Song Title
101-A	A	Lonely Fool
101-A	B	My Secret