Date of Birth: March 18, 1941 Place of Birth: Roxboro, North Carolina
Marital Status: Doyle Wilburn Children: Sharon Rene
Musical Syle: Straight-Ahead Country Talents: Singer, Guitar
Recommend Record Albums: "15 Country Greats" (Hickory)(1960) "Country Boys, Country Girls" (Mercury)(1962) "Margie Bowes Sings" (Decca)(1967) "Today's Country Sound (Decca)(1969)
The Pet Milk Company’s nationwide talent search helped launch several Country singers on a successful career and Margie Bowes was one. She was already a seasoned performer in 1958, when she entered the contest in Nashville and won it and later that year, she was signed to Hickory Records. Margie started to entertain while she was still in elementary school and by the time she was 13, she was appearing on WDVA Virginia Barn Dance, Danville, WRXO Roxboro as well as TV and radio from WFMY Greensboro, North Carolina and radio and TV in Roanoke, Virginia and Durham, North Carolina. Her first single in 1958, Won’cha Come Back to Me/One Broken Heart, created interest but didn’t chart, neither did her second single, One Time Too Many/Violets and Cheap Perfume. During that year, she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry. It was with her third single, Poor Old Heartsick Me, that she hit the Top 10. The follow-up single, My Love and Little Me, peaked in the Top 15. Margie released three further singles, none of which did very much. She then moved to Mercury and her initial single in 1961, Little Miss Belong to No One leveled out just below the 20 slot, but her other singles for the label didn’t fare as well. By 1963, she was with Decca and the following year she had two more charted records, Our Things (Top 40) and Understand Your Gal (Top 30). The latter was an answer to Johnny Cash’s Understand Your Man. She continued releasing singles on Decca throughout the 60’s with none charting. Her final single for the label was Go Woman Go/I Have What It Takes in 1969. During this time, she also appeared on Jubilee U.S.A. and in the movie, Golden Guitar. Injured in a 1995 automobile crash, Margie underwent several surgeries and is still recovering from the accident.
Source: http://www.countryworks.com/artist_full.asp?KEY=BOWES