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The Kitty Wells Story: 1953 "The Things I Might Have Been" — 22 Country Hit Parade "Paying for That Back Street Affair" 6 — "Honky Tonk Waltz" — — Country Heart "I Don't Claim to Be an Angel" — — Country Hit Parade "Hey Joe" 8 — Kitty Wells' Golden Favorites "Cheatin's a Sin" 9 — Country Hit Parade: 1954 "Release Me" 8 — "You ...
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 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.
Wells sings on four of the album's tracks, including a live version of her signature song, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". One of the songs from the album, "It's All Over (But the Crying)", reached No. 14 on the Billboard country chart in July 1966. [2] Thom Owens of Allmusic called it "entertaining" and "fun". [3]
The answer song to Hank Thompson's misogynistic "The Wild Side of Life" is just as sharp — and relevant — 70 years later How Kitty Wells’ ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels ...
"Password" is a song written by Herman Phillips, sung by Kitty Wells, and released on the Decca label. It was released in June 1964 and peaked in October 1964 at No. 4 on Billboard ' s hot country singles chart. [1] [2] It spent 23 weeks on the chart. [1] It was one of Wells' singles to sell over a million copies. [3]
Songs Made Famous by Jim Reeves is an album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1966 on the Decca label (DL 4741) in the United States and on the Brunswick label (STA 8646) in the United Kingdom. [1] Thom Owens of Allmusic called it an enjoyable collection. [2]
Wells made a cameo guest-vocalist appearance on a cover version recorded by Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette, for the album Honky Tonk Angels. [16] Early in her career, a then little known Parton also recorded a solo version of the song, including it on a 1963 Kitty Wells/Patsy Cline tribute album.