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Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer.
Jul 12, 2024 · Kitty Wells was an American country music singer and songwriter who was the first female star of the genre. Deason sang gospel music in church as a child. In the 1930s she made her radio debut and took her stage name, Kitty Wells, from a Carter Family song.
Jun 12, 2010 · Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels. Miss Kitty Wells sings her big 1952 #1 hit 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' at the Grand Ole Opry. The songwriter was Jimmy...
Jul 16, 2012 · Pioneering female country singer Kitty Wells died today at her home in Madison, Tennessee, due to complications from a stroke, her grandson John Sturdivant Jr. told the New York Times. She was 92.
An in-depth look at the pioneering vocalist's life and career. By Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. In the conservative climate of the early 1950s, when housewife and mother were viewed as...
Jul 16, 2012 · NASHVILLE — Kitty Wells, who was on the verge of quitting music to be a homemaker when she recorded a hit in 1952 that struck a chord with women and began opening doors for them in country music,...
Kitty Wells Official Home Page,the Queen of Country Music and Hall of Fame Member history, family,tour schedule, and merchandise>
Kitty Wells’s singing style, with her gospel-touched vocals and tearful restraint, resonated with country audiences and helped her break industry barriers for women. Music Runs in the Family Born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville, Wells’s country roots ran deep.
Jul 17, 2012 · Kitty Wells, the Queen of Country Music, died at her home in Nashville Monday of complications from a stroke. She was 92. Wells was the first female to score a No. 1 hit on the country charts,...
Oct 11, 2010 · Starting in the 1950s, Kitty Wells, known as "The Queen of Country Music," recorded hit after hit at a time when women didn't have hits in country music. When she performed, Wells...
