This is a picture of my mother in 1980. Her first guitar was a hummingbird guitar.  She started singing in front of people when she was about 16.  My aunt told me one of the first songs she sung was "I don't wanna play house" by Tammy Wynette.  She was about ready to sing and nothing came out of her mouth.  Grandpa hit her with the fiddle bow and she started singing. She also sang "Blue Kentucky Girl", "I didn't know God made Honky Tonk Angels", "Your good girl's gonna go bad" and "Strong enough to bend".  Those were some of the first songs she sung.