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Description. Product Details. The late Kitty Wells was without question the first female superstar of country music. In the 1950s she was the only woman who was selling records in the kind of quantities that matched those of her male counterparts, and the only one to chart more than thirty records (in eight years!) during that decade.
28. Dez. 2021 · Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff. Lyrics for Mother Hold Me Tight by Kitty Wells feat. Roy Acuff. With her little rag doll clutched in her arms She was crossing the street realizing no harm And I was the driver, It′s sad but it's true. Who killed that little girl, It could happen to you With a scream and a crash in the street there she lay That scene ...
17. Juli 2012 · Kitty Wells was one of the first women to have a significant effect on country music. She had a No. 1 hit with 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' in 1952.
Columbia. Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music", Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.
Kitty Wells's career in country music celebrated women's perspectives and broke down the genre's gender barrier. The accepted wisdom of the time held that women don't sell records and can't headline shows, but Wells proved that they could and did. Her success led record companies to open their doors to other women, and to experiment with new themes and images for women. As a result, country ...
They now add to their existing packages this new set, which brings together all of Kitty's 1950s albums that they have not already reissued plus a bunch of highly significant bonus tracks, including Kitty's duets with her label mates Roy Acuff, Ray Crisp, Red Foley and Webb Pierce. Around one third of those thirty country chart hits are included across the two CDs in this essential new Jasmine ...
Wells was at first reluctant to record the song, but eventually agreed, if only to get the standard $125 session fee payment. Eventually, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels" outsold Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life," and launched the then little-known Wells to stardom. Years later, Wells told an interviewer she was shocked over the song's success and endurance. "Women never had hit ...
