[3] Within a couple of months, she and her two brothers quit and moved to Williamson, West Virginia, to perform at a local radio station.
In 1940, Lois and her two brothers moved to Beckley, West Virginia, to join the Happy Valley Boys, led by Johnnie Bailes.
[citation needed] In 1940,[1] Lois applied for the position as a vocalist in the band Lynn Davis and His Forty-Niners,[3] who had performed on WHIS in Bluefield, West Virginia for the past four years.
In 1946, the head of Acuff-Rose, Fred Rose heard Molly sing "Tramp on the Street", a Grady Cole song she learned from Williams.
[3] During her first years as a recording artist, Molly O'Day's popularity increased, but she started to have doubts about her life's choice.
In February 1974, Molly and Lynn started a program on a Christian radio station in Huntington, West Virginia, featuring gospel recordings.