Miranda Joy Willmore's story — and her voice — earned national attention when someone filmed her singing to a customer.
The multi-talented Cracker Barrel server whose incredible rendition of"Happy Birthday" recently went viral appeared on TODAY Wednesday, where she got the surprise of a lifetime: a record deal.
Miranda Joy Willmore, who's worked at the Cracker Barrel in Marion, Illinois, for nearly 20 years, thought she was on the show to sing"Happy Birthday" to one of our TODAY colleagues, but then Hoda and Jenna revealed the good news that her employer is sending her and her band to Nashville to record an album.will finance the studio recording of an EP for Willmore and her band, U-Foria, in late July. Willmore has been in the Southern rock band for about four years.
Willmore's story — and her voice — earned national attention earlier this summer when she belted out"Happy Birthday" to a customer at Cracker Barrel, right in the middle of the restaurant. That customer, Jared Gravatt, then shared a
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