Kitty Wells

Kitty Wells (born Muriel Deason on August 30, 1919) is an American country musician from Nashville, Tennessee, known from about 1955 as the Queen of Country Music.

The Queen of Country Music

Wells became the first woman in 1952 to have a number one country record with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". The record release launched Wells into being one of the most popular singers in the country music field and for the next thirteen years virtually all of Wells' recordings were top ten hits. Wells' success opened the door for other female vocalists in the 1950's, notably Jean Shepard, Goldie Hill, and Rose Maddox, but no other woman came near her success; it was not until the early 1960's when Patsy Cline and Skeeter Davis emerged on the scene that other female vocalists began to hit the top ten charts with frequency. By the time Wells scored her final major hit, 1968's "My Big Truck Driving Man", there were more than a dozen women who could be considered top-level country stars, Shepard, Davis, Loretta Lynn, Connie Smith, Dottie West, Norma Jean (singer), Jan Howard, Jeannie Seely, and the fast-climbing newcomers Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Lynn Anderson, and Jeannie C. Riley. In the years since Wells' major record success ended certain journalists, fans, and publicists have attempted at times to snatch the moniker "Queen of Country Music" away and bestow it on a more contemporary female vocalist but they are usually stopped point blank by the women they are trying to honor, these female artists fully aware no one else could possibly deserve the title as much as Wells.

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It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Jean Shepard - Goldie Hill - Rose Maddox - Patsy Cline - Skeeter Davis - Loretta Lynn - Connie Smith - Dottie West - Norma Jean (singer) - Jan Howard - Jeannie Seely - Tammy Wynette - Dolly Parton - Lynn Anderson - Jeannie C. Riley

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