Deborah Downey

Born in Indiana, Deborah Downey moved with her family to California when she was 4 years old. She spent her early years in California and returned to Indiana at age 13. Within a year of returning to Indiana, she was singing on stage with some of the best musicians of the 1960s. Downey began her singing career as an opening act with the Dick Clark Caravan of Stars, singing with various groups as they appeared with the Caravan in Indiana. Over a period of three years she shared a stage with Tom Jones, Glen Campbell, the Turtles, and Paul Revere and the Raiders. With a taste for stardom, Downey, then 18, decided to return to California. She managed to achieve modest success in popular music. Entirely on her own, she snagged some recording studio work in commercials and radio programming. Her high point occurred with the Original Star Trek episode, "The Way To Eden" (1968), in which played music, accompanied by Mr. Spock, and sang. it has been released on video, and Downey's photo in ful