[4] Beasley's family moved to Amarillo, Texas, when she was 6 years old, and she attended primary and secondary schools there.

[6] During time off from teaching, "she sold records in a phonograph shop and sang the latest songs in a five-and-ten.

[8] The New Orleans Times-Picyaune on Oct 7, 1928, p 29 quotes her as saying in 1924 she approached radio artist Art Gillham, "The Whispering Pianist" asking him to sing her newly published song "If I Could Just Stop Dreaming."

#1,[1] a CBS program that Radio Guide described as "a 'one man' show of music and homely commentary dedicated largely to America's farm women."

[15] In the early 1940s, Beasley starred in Neighbors, a daytime program on the "Dixie Loop of CBS.

"[16] She was also the writer, producer, and host of Grand Slam, a musical quiz program that was broadcast 1943-1953.

"[3] Later, she "performed in nightclubs and vaudeville houses throughout the country and starred in the musical comedy Thumbs Up.