Fee started performing professionally at sixteen, working Kansas City-area restaurants, clubs, local theaters, and amusement parks. In 1973, Fee became a founding member, along with Eric Bikales, of the Kansas City band Hotfoot and also sang with the jazz group the Means/Devan Trio.
Golden Girls theme song — "Thank You For Being a Friend" Fee recorded a cover of
Andrew Gold's song "
Thank You for Being a Friend" for the credits of
The Golden Girls. During the show's first run and in syndication, the song became well known. In honor of
Betty White's 90th birthday, President
Barack Obama released a video of him listening to the theme song. After White's death in 2021, the sitcom and theme song were streamed 384 million times in one week alone. After going viral in 2022, the Golden Con convention, a
fan convention, returned to Chicago in 2023 featuring Fee as a headline performer.
Other recordings Fee also recorded chart-topping records with some of the best-selling music artists of all time. Her discography includes a duet with
Kenny Rogers, "I Don't Want to Know Why", from the platinum-selling album,
What About Me? Fee is also a credited background singer on the Kenny Rogers album , which peaked at #34 in the US, and Rogers's
Share Your Love, which peaked at #6 in the US. She has also performed as a background singer for
Garth Brooks,
Dolly Parton,
Whitney Houston, and
Lionel Richie. Fee also released her own albums
Dancin in My Sleep and
Young at Heart, the latter with noted
rockabilly guitarist Eddie Angel, a founding member of
Los Straitjackets.
Jingles and television commercials Fee is also a prolific jingle and TV commercial singer. Fee's commercial jingle credits include: "Get on Your Pontiac and Ride", and "What the Big Boys Eat", from a Wheaties cereal campaign. Fee's voice was also featured in commercials for
Chevy Trucks,
McDonald's,
Miller Beer,
Chick-fil-A,
Home Depot,
Goodyear,
Hot Pockets,
Barbie,
John Deere,
NASCAR,
Ford,
Toyota,
Purina,
Avon, and
American Airlines. == Personal life ==