Johnny Wright, a country music pioneer who had hits as a singer in the duo Johnnie and Jack and guided the career of his wife, Kitty Wells, died of natural causes early Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Nashville ...

Country singer Johnnie Wright, who had a No. 1 hit in 1965 with 'Hello Vietnam,' has died. The Grand Ole Opry member passed away at his home today (Sept. 27) in Madison, Tenn. He was 97. Married to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Johnny Wright, a country music pioneer who had hits as a singer and guided the career of his wife, Kitty Wells, has died. He was 97.Close family friend Eddie Stubbs says Wright ...

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 ...

Kitty Wells, the “Queen of Country Music”, was born Ellen Muriel Deason, in Nashville, Tennessee on August 30, 1919. She created the role for all other female country singers. “It Wasn’t God Who Made ...

Country music hasn’t always been a hospitable place for women. The female artists who managed to rise through the ranks were bound by certain conventions. That is, until Kitty Wells came along with ...