CORNELIUS, HELEN
(*1941)
CORNELIUS, HELEN (b. H. Lorene Johnson, Monroe City, Mo., December 6, 1941) Cornelius is a mainstream country SINGER/SONGWRITER who is best remembered for a series of duets with Jim Ed Brown released in the late 1970s. She was raised in a musical family; her father was a big GRAND OLE OPRY fan, and her brothers were all amateur country musicians. Cornelius began her career as a child performing in a vocal trio with her sisters on the local country-fair circuit. After a number of years working…