Pebe Sebert

Pebe Sebert married American songwriter and singer, Hugh Moffat, in 1977. They separated after seven years in 1984. Together, they had a son, Lagan Sebert,

In 1987, she gave birth to a daughter, Kesha Sebert. Pebe relocated to Nashville, Tennessee with her son and daughter in 1991. Signing a publishing contract for her scripted songs enabled her to make the move to Nashville.

There was a lot of brouhaha surrounding Kesha Sebert’s paternity. While Pebe and Kesha denied having any knowledge regarding who Kesha’s father was, Bob Chamberlain claimed that he was Kesha’s father. He also claimed that he had been in regaular contact with Kesha ad father and daughter.

Pebe Sebert was born on 17 March 1956 in Michigan City, Indiana, and spent her growing up years on a farms owned by her parents.

She started singing when she was just four years old and began performing publicly by the age of six. She also trained herself to be an instrumentalist, attending classes in guitar and piano.

In the initial years of her career, she performed as a solo artist as well as sang in groups and bands.

She attended the celebrated Interlochen Arts Academy, a pre-professional arts boarding school under the aegis of Interlochen Center for the Arts in Northwest Michigan, as a teenager. While studying in Interlochen Arts Academy, she went on a trip to Europe as part of the elite Interlochen Arts Academy Music Band.

She was still in high-school when she started performing in the coffeehouses and restaurants of Europe and Chicago.

Pebe Sebert first into limelight when she co-wrote the song “Borderline” for the album, ‘Walkin on the Moon’, with Pat Hubbard and John Fitzgerald, in 1976. The song was sung by Katy Moffat.

She gained widespread acclaim, when she penned the track, “Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You”, together with country singer, Hugh Moffat, in 1977 for Joe Sun’s (another well-known folk singer) album’ Old Flames’. Pebe had married Hugh Moffat a year before she co-wrote the number with him.

The song, “Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You” reached the no. 14th position on the ‘US Billboard Hot Country Singles’ chart and was a runaway hit. The abiding popularity of the track inspired the highly celebrated singer, actress, songwriter, and author Dolly Parton to cover the song for her album ‘Dolly, Dolly, Dolly’.

The cover song by Parton topped the Billboard Hot Country singles chart in 1980 and the original track was later on reprised by several singers, including Pebe Sebert’s daughter Kesha.

In 1984, Pebe Sebert wrote the song, “Someone is Falling in Love” for Kathy Mattea, a ‘bluegrass’ and country singer.