[1] In October 1937, Mr. Lair met Rosie, Lily May's sister, and he decided to hire her and create an all-female band for the Renfro Valley Barn Dance show.
They were “pampered to death,” as fans sent them mail filled with song requests, birthday gifts, and one letter even claimed to name babies after them.
They recorded six songs: "Little Birdie," "Pretty Polly," "You're a Flower that is Blooming," "Sowing on the mountain," as well as "Lonesome Lulu Lee" and "Keep on Fiddlin' on Uncle Doodie.
Also included was a troupe of Bascom Lunsford's square dancers, whom the Coon Creek Girls played backup music for during their performance.
According to the program from the White House, the Coon Creek Girls performed “Cindy”, “The Soldier and the Lady”, "Buffalo Gals", and "How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?".
The Coon Creek Girls inspired many women musicians such as Suzanne Edmundson, Carol Elizabeth Jones, and Cathy Fink.
[3] In 1979, John Lair reinvented the band using the name the New Coon Creek Girls, a combo which remained popular for several decades, despite numerous changes in line-up.