BIOGRAPY

According to her biography on the Northwest Western Swing Music Society website, Lucy Dean Record was born June 1, 1924, to Carmillus H. and Mary Ida Rose. She graduated from Lockney High School, then Draughon’s Business College, and received her piano teaching certification from St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Music.

She married Charles L. Record in 1942. He died in 1991. Charles was a singer and a soloist and sang in quartets. Their children are Donna Record Roberson Nell and Breck Record.

Lucy Dean began playing piano by ear at the age of four and began lessons at the age of five. By the age of seven she was playing for church, gospel singings, school activities, and community functions as well as accompanying many people and groups in the area.

In 1992 she started playing with a Silverton, Texas, Jamboree house band. Jimmy Burson of Silverton formed his band, Texas in the Swing, and asked her to play keyboard. They played with Shirley Goodness and Mercy in Vienna, Austria, at the World Music Festival, and went on to play for many festivals and jamborees.

She played in backup bands for Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius, Jim Owens, and Terry Smith; and, played one concert on short notice with Ray Price when Blondie Calderon became ill. She also filled in with the Texas Playboys when Curly Hollingsworth was ill.

Record said back then,“I thank God for my talent and the many places I have been privileged to play and the many new friends that I have made and I want to always conduct myself in a manner pleasing to God.”