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Born Juanita Earlynne Morris, this Kentucky native who grew up in Arkansas sang her way onto the stage of Louisiana Hayride as Nita Lynn. On stage and back stage, she rubbed elbows with Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Jim Reeves, Slim Whitman, and a new sensation from Mississippi, a heartthrob named Elvis Presley. Soon, Presley was making records and breaking hearts with his voice, style and good looks. His charms, however, did not work on Nita: