Eaton was a native of Nashville, Tennessee and began her recording career as a teenager in 1968, recording for Chart Records. This record label was owned by Slim Williamson and became famous thanks to Lynn Anderson who had been churning out hits there since 1966. Prior to beginning her recording career, Eaton had been a runner up in a "Miss Nashville" beauty contest
None among Connie’s first four singles managed to dent the national Country charts but she did sufficiently well on a local/regional basis that Williamson gave her with her her first LP titled "I've Got A Life To Live" (Chart CHS-1020) which emerged in Oct 1969. Then came her cover of the Merilee Rush 1968 Pop hit, Angel Of The Morning, which reached # 34 in Feb-March as Chart 5048 b/w One Time Too Many and earned her a nomination for Billboard's Most Promising Female Vocalist Award.
In Feb 1971 she then had Sing A Happy Song peak at # 74, followed in Sept-Oct by the # 56 Don't Hang No Halos On Me. While this was charting her 3rd album came out titled “Something Special”. After giving birth to a daughter in 1972 (she had married Slim Williamson's son Cliff).
By the end of the 1970s Connie Eaton had left the music scene and sadly, after struggling with manic depression, she passed away on September 30, 1999 following a battle with cancer at age 49.b
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Connie Eaton's daughter Cortney Tidwell is a recording artist in her own right.