15 Facts About Allison Moorer

Allison Moorer was born on June 21,1972 and is an American country singer-songwriter.

Allison Moorer signed with MCA Nashville in 1997 and made her debut on the US Billboard Country Chart with the release of her debut single, "A Soft Place to Fall", which she co-wrote with Gwil Owen.

Allison Moorer has made ten albums and her songs have been recorded by Trisha Yearwood, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Steve Earle, and Hayes Carll.

Allison Moorer was raised in Frankville, Alabama, and later Monroeville, Alabama, after the deaths of her parents.

Allison Moorer's father was a heavy drinker who abused his wife.

In 1986, when Allison Moorer was 14 and her older sister Shelby was 17, he shot and killed his wife before taking his own life.

Allison Moorer began singing backgrounds in Lynne's band full time and toured extensively with her.

In June 1996, Allison Moorer took part in a tribute to her songwriter friend, the late Walter Hyatt, singing his "Tell Me Baby" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

Allison Moorer wrote all the songs, with the exception of one co-written with Earle.

Allison Moorer gave birth to the couple's first child, John Henry Earle, on April 5,2010, but they separated in 2012 and divorced in 2015.

In 2009, Allison Moorer performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.

Allison Moorer toured with the Jerry Douglas and Ally Bain led Transatlantic Sessions band in early 2011.

In 2015, Allison Moorer released her ninth album, Down to Believing, which marked a return to collaborating with Kenny Greenberg.

Allison Moorer co-produced the 2019 Hayes Carll record What It Is.

In May 2024, Allison Moorer announced that she had taken a job as a writer-editor at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.