Sunshine Sue

Mary Higdon Workman, referred to as “Sunlight Sue” during her nation music profession, was America’s 1st feminine radio emcee. Her profession started in Illinois, where she became a normal performer on Chicago’s Country wide Barn Dance radio system through the early ‘40s. From 1946 to 1957, she offered as the sponsor of The Aged Dominion Barn Dance, a different country music range display held every Sunday night time in Richmond, Virginia. Although housed in the town’s Lyric Theatre, the shows had been broadcast to a nationwide target audience by WRVA, which helped The Aged Dominion Barn Dance play a big part in the popularization of homespun nation music. Sue became referred to as “Queen from the Hillbillies” on her behalf participation, as well as the Aged Dominion Barn Dance offered like a starting pad for famous brands Chet Atkins, the Carter Sisters, and Earl Scruggs. The display relocated to the close by Bellevue Theatre in 1957, with reserving agent Carlton Haney overtaking for Sunlight Sue, who retired soon thereafter.