Melba Montgomery was born on 14 October 1938 in Iron City, Tennessee, USA. She was married to Jack Solomon. She died on 15 January 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Montgomery was raised primarily in Florence, Alabama where she first began singing in the Methodist church before forming a trio with her two brothers. Montgomery launched her career in earnest at age 20, when the sibling trio won a Nashville-based talent contest for which Roy Acuff served as a judge.
