Question: The country music artist who recorder a cover cersion of Am I That Easy to Forget which reached #11 country in 1960 started out as part of which band as a teenager in the late 1940s? 
Sentence (from "How I Feel (album)"): "I'm Alright" was previously recorded by Kim Richey on her 1997 album "Bitter Sweet" while "Unsung Hero" was previously recorded by Tina Arena on her second album In Deep released in 1997.
Relevant evidence: No