In 1952, Kitty Wells forever transformed the way women would be seen in the country music world. It was shortly after fellow country star Hank Thompson sang about a cheating fiancé (an ungodly “honky ...

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 ...

A masterfully conceived, beautifully delivered tribute to still surviving, 91-year-old, honky tonk queen Kitty. Nashville-born, New York-based Cantrell, a favourite of the late John Peel, exudes grace ...

Dolly Parton has recorded more songs than most musicians, over 1,000 when studio recordings, remixes, and live tracks are combined. There are bound to be a few that the Queen of Country is less than ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Or Loretta Lynn. She was THE pioneer, the first female singer with enough spunk and fire to get noticed ...

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 ...

THERE was time in Nashville when the record moguls reckoned that female country singers couldn’t sell records. That was until 1952 when Kitty Wells proved to the establishment that she could become ...

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music," died this morning at her home in Nashville surrounded by family members, of complications from a stroke. She was 92. NASHVILLE (Reuters ...

Country music icon Kitty Wells died at her home in Nashville on July 16 of complications resulting from a stroke. She was 92. Known as the “Queen of Country Music,” Wells’ career spanned more than ...

Kitty Wells, a country singer with a piercing nasal twang who became one of the first female headliners in her profession and whose repertoire of tear-jerking songs about adultery and broken homes ...