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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. She broke down a barrier for women in country music with her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts and turned her into the first female ...
The Kitty Wells Show is a live album recorded at a concert by Kitty Wells, her son Bobby Wright, her husband Johnny Wright, singer Bill Phillips, and musicians Tommy Jackson, Paul Yandell and Odell Martin.
Along with Kitty Wells, her back-to-back hits made Shepard one of the first solo female country artists to make the US country top ten. [27] Shepard's success led to her induction into the cast of the Grand Ole Opry. The induction took place on her birthday in November 1955 [31] and she would remain a member for 60 consecutive years. [18]
Johnnie Robert Wright Jr. (May 13, 1914 [1] – September 27, 2011) [2] was an American country music singer-songwriter, who spent much of his career working with Jack Anglin as the popular duo Johnnie & Jack, and was also the husband of country music star Kitty Wells.
The singles discography of Kitty Wells, an American country artist, consists of ninety singles, nineteen B-sides, and two music videos.In 1949 she was signed to RCA Victor Records, where she released her debut single, "Death at the Bar" also in 1949.
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Muldaur was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, where she attended Hunter College High School. [3]Muldaur cites as early musical influences classic country music by Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Ernest Tubb, and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys; early rhythm and blues artists like Chuck Willis, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Fats Domino, and Muddy Waters; Alan Freed ...
The albums discography of Kitty Wells, an American country artist, consists of thirty-six studio albums, eleven compilation albums, and one box set.Wells' first album release was 1956's Country Hit Parade on Decca Records, which compiled her hits during her first four years of recording for the label.