Sylvia Hutton

Sylvia Hutton (b. Sylvia Kirby Allen in Kokomo, December 9, 1956 - ) – Singer and visual artist. Known in her prime as “Sylvia,” this Indiana native had several pop-flavored country hits from 1979 to 1985. As a teenager, she made pencil drawings of visiting performers at the Nashville Little Opry in Brown County. Around Christmas of 1975, Sylvia moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to launch a career as a country singer even though he she lacked performance experience. At first, she worked as a secretary/receptionist for producer Tom Collins at Pi-Gem Music. After getting her start singing demos, she signed a contract with RCA in 1979, and in the same year she had a minor hit with “You Don’t Miss a Thing.” In the subsequent year, she released her first LP called The Drifter, which included a #1 single in the title track and four additional hits. Her follow-up album, Just Sylvia, went Gold and reached #2 on the Country charts. Its most popular cut was “Nobody,” which was a #1 country song as well as a cross-over pop hit (#15 on the U.S. Hot 100). After recording six albums and charting twenty singles, she grew tired of the life of a performer and semi-retired in 1988. In 1992, she adopted the last name of her third husband and re-emerged as “Sylvia Hutton,” performing in a simplified, acoustic style. Since 2000, she has released four studio albums on the Red Pony label, and she is still performing nationally.