Thursday, July 19, 2012

Kitty Wells

  • With two sisters and a cousin she began performing in the 1930s as the Deason Sisters, and after marrying Wright in 1937, she became part of Johnnie Wright and the Harmony Girls along with Wrights sister, Louise.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • (NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/CMT.com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.
  • (CMT)
  • Kitty Wells, who died Monday at age 92, was born in Nashville to a family of country musicians, and within that simple truth lies a fascinating narrative.
  • (The Wenatchee World Online)
  • Kitty Wells, also known as the legendary "queen of country music," died at the age of 92 on Monday.
  • (Richmond County Daily Journal)
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Or Loretta Lynn. She was the pioneer, the first female singer with enough spunk and fire to get noticed in the male-dominated world of country music.
  • (Washington Times)
  • Kitty Wells shocked the country music scene when she first sang about honky tonks and cheating husbands 60 years ago, but it propelled her to stardom and blazed a path for the strong female voices that followed.
  • (KCRA.com)
  • Singer Kitty Wells, whose hits such as Making Believe and It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels made her the first female superstar of country music, died Monday. She was 92.
  • (Calgary Herald)
  • May 1986: Country music singer Kitty Wells in Nashville, Tenn. Wells, the first female superstar of country music, has died at the age of 92.AP1986 Aug.
  • (FOX News)
  • Kitty Wells, who reigned for decades as the Queen of Country Music, is being remembered by many women in country music who were empowered by her pioneering career. Wells died Monday (July 16) at her home in Madison, Tenn. She was 92.
  • (CMT)
  • July 17, 2012 (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Or Loretta Lynn. She was THE pioneer, the first female singer with enough spunk and fire to get noticed in the male-dominated world of country music.
  • (Abc Local Web)

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