Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.

Early life
Betty Lynn Buckley was born in Big Spring Texas and raised in Fort Worth the daughter of Betty Bob (née Diltz) a dancer and journalist and Ernest Lynn Buckley a retired lieutenant colonel in the U. She played the role of a country singer in Bruce Beresford's film Tender Mercies (1982) in which Betty Buckley sang the song "Over You". Quintessence features jazz arrangements of standards by her longtime collaborator jazz pianist Kenny Werner; while 1967 is a recording produced by T-Bone Burnett and made when Buckley was just 19.

Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3 1947) is an American theater film and television actress and singer.