Barbara Pittman

Barbara Pittman (April 6, 1938 As a child, she was friends and neighbors with Elvis Presley. She recalled to an interviewer, "I sang with him, I knew him, I lived down the street from him when we were kids in North Memphis. His mom and mine used to get together to have what they called Stanley parties. They call them Tupperware parties now. I practically lived out at Graceland in the 1950s before Elvis went into the service. He was going to take me on the road with him, and then he got drafted." It was Presley who first brought Pittman to Sun Studios.

Pittman spent time working in Lash LaRue's western shows in 1955–1956.

After her time at Sun, she moved to California in the 1960s, and she sang on the soundtracks of several motorcycle films, including Wild Angels, Wild on Wheels, and Hells Angels. This was under the name of Barbara and the Visitors. Pittman also recorded for Del-Fi Records, although no material was released by them.

Discography Singles "I Need A Man" / "No Matter Who's To Blame", Sun, 1956 "I'm Getting Better All The Time" / "Two Young Fools in Love", Phillips, 1957 "Everlasting Love" / "Cold Cold Heart", Phillips, 1958 "Handsome Man" / "The Eleventh Commandment", Phillips, 1960

Compilation albums The Original Sun Sides, Rockhouse, 1983 I Need A Man, Bear Family, 1989 Getting Better All The Time, Charly, 1997

Live albums Texas Boogie – Recorded Live in Houston, Magnum, 1984