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Kitty Wells’s singing style, with her gospel-touched vocals and tearful restraint, resonated with country audiences and helped her break industry barriers for women.
Ellen Muriel Deason, known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier for women in country music with her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts and turned her into the first female country superstar. “It Wasn’t God ...
1. Mai 2024 · Kitty Wells (born August 30, 1919, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.—died July 16, 2012, Madison, Tennessee) was an American country music singer and songwriter who was the first female star of the genre. Deason sang gospel music in church as a child. In the 1930s she made her radio debut and took her stage name, Kitty Wells, from a Carter Family ...
Kitty Wells. American country music singer, born August 30, 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, died July 16, 2012 in Madison, Tennessee, USA. Married to singer Johnny Wright (2). Their 3 children — Ruby Wright, Carol Sue Wright and Bobby Wright (3) were all accomplished country singers.
Kitty Wells sings Searching (For Someone Like You) at the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. This song has been a #3 country hit for her and was written by Pee Wee Madd...
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17. Juli 2012 · Kitty Wells, the Queen of Country Music, died at her home in Nashville Monday of complications from a stroke. She was 92. Wells was the first female to score a No. 1 hit on the country charts, and ...
16. Juli 2012 · Pioneering female country singer Kitty Wells died today at her home in Madison, Tennessee, due to complications from a stroke, her grandson John Sturdivant Jr. told the New York Times. She was 92.
