NASHVILLE -- Before Kitty Wells, men didn’t just rule the roost in country music, they owned it. It wasn’t until her 1952 hit, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” that a solo female country ...
Jeannie Seely was a 12-year-old girl in rural Pennsylvania when she first heard Kitty Wells’ song “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” It was 1952, and Wells’ unlikely hit was climbing the ...
(CNN) — Country legend Kitty Wells died on Monday due to complications from a stroke, CNN has confirmed. She was 92. According to a press statement, Wells, who was born Ellen Muriel Deason Wright in ...
NASHVILLE, July 16 (UPI) -- Kitty Wells, known as the Queen of Country Music, died in Madison, Tenn., Monday from complications of a stroke, her grandson, John Sturdivant Jr., said. She was 92. Wells, ...
NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music" who opened the door to a host of female country music headliners, died on Monday at her home in Nashville of complications from a stroke ...
Johnnie Wright, who died at the age of 97 in his Tennessee home, managed one of the great careers in country music history. It just wasn’t his own. It was the career of his wife, Kitty Wells, to whom ...
NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, a singer dubbed the "Queen of Country Music," died on Monday at her Tennessee home, according to family members. She was 92. NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, a ...
Kitty Wells, who paved the way for women in country music and was known as the "Queen of Country," died July 16, 2012. She was 92. NPR Music remembers Wells with a story from the 50 Great Voices ...
NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, a singer dubbed the "Queen of Country Music," died on Monday at her Tennessee home, according to family members. She was 92. Wells, a member of the Country Music ...