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Deborah Allen (b. Deborah Lynn Thurmond, 1953, in
Memphis, Tennessee) is a country music singer.

She followed the typical Nashville tradition of
moving there to work as a singer, but instead
working as a waitress.  Fate intervened when she
had Roy Orbison as a customer at IHOP whom she
convinced to hire her as a backup singer.  She
also worked as a singer and dancer at Opryland USA
where she was seen and hired by singer Jim
Stafford.

In 1979, Allen was handpicked by the wife of the
late Jim Reeves to dub duet vocals onto three
unfinished Reeves tracks — "Don't Let Me Cross
Over," "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight," and the hit
"Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me."

Her biggest hits came in 1983 and 1984 with "Baby
I Lied" and "I've Been Wrong Before."

She wrote songs with her husband Rafe Van Hoy.


==Discography==
Albums:
* "Trouble in Paradise" (1980)
* "Cheat the Night" (1984)
* "Let Me Be the First" (1984)
* "Telepathy" (1987)
* "Delta Dreamland" (1993)
* "All That I Am" (1994)


Singles:
* "Nobody's Fool" (1981)
* "You (Make Me Wonder Why)" (1981)
* "You Look Like the One I Love" (1982)
* "Baby I Lied" (1983)
* "Heartache and a Half" (1984)
* "I Hurt For You" (1984)
* "I've Been Wrong Before" (1984)
* "Rock Me (In The Cradle of Love)" (1992)