Real name: Virginia Froehlich

According to the website Rockin' Country Style, born 1924 in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Died 2011
According to her obituary, born Apr 28, 1924 in Marion Station, Maryland.

Additional information from the obit:
[quote]At 13 she joined the Down Homers appearing on many western shows with many of the stars. Besides the Down Homers Ginger formed a band called 'The Young'uns' and later with Johnny a band called 'The Rebelaires' aka: Ginger Shannon and Johnny Montana. She and her husband John celebrated 51 years of marriage in 2010. During WWII she entertained the troops both home and abroad as a member of the USO, both in hospitals and in the fields.[/quote]