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Kitty Wells, First Queen of Country Music

Sat, July 21 2012 10:10pm - Source: WFMU's Beware of the Blog

The version of " It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels " heard below comes from the rare 1983 lp on Flyright records (Fly 596) documenting various sessions at Jay Miller's Crowley, Louisiana studio and/or released on his label.

Kitty Wells

Wed, July 18 2012 12:14pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Appearances with Wright raised her profile, and she assumed the name Kitty Wells from an old folk song, Sweet Kitty Wells, which was popular at the time.

Remembering Kitty Wells

Tue, July 17 2012 9:18pm - Source: The Boot

The death of Kitty Wells on Monday (July 16), at age 92, marked the passing of the first female star in the history of country music.

Kitty Wells Queen Of Country RIP

Tue, July 17 2012 4:39pm - Source: The Quietus

In the beginning, country music was a man's man's man's world.

Countryobit: Kitty Wells

Tue, July 17 2012 8:06am - Source: No Rock and Roll Fun

Kitty Wells, Pioneering Country Singer, Dead at 92

Mon, July 16 2012 9:58pm - Source: Rolling Stone

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.

Johnnie Wright, Kitty Wells' Husband, Dies at 97

Tue, September 27 2011 2:43pm - Source: The Boot

Country singer Johnnie Wright , who had a No. 1 hit in 1965 with 'Hello Vietnam,' has died.

Laura Cantrell, 'Kitty Wells Dresses' -- Free Download

Fri, July 15 2011 9:54pm - Source: The Boot

"'Kitty Wells Dresses' was a term I used years ago when I was thrift shopping and would come across a certain kind of gingham-ruffled-square dance looking kind of dress that was a kind of uniform for women in country music in the early days, sweet looking, not particularly daring. When I was thinking about Kitty Wells ' music and how it is underestimated these days, I thought of those dresses and how their intentionally sweet trappings covered the real power of the women who wore them and the importance of their music. That and my long love of Kitty Wells music inspired the song."

Laura Cantrell: Kitty Wells Dresses, CD review

Mon, April 25 2011 8:45am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

"I've been a Kitty Wells fan since childhood, inheriting my regard for her music from my father's family from West Tennessee. Her music is great and it's wrong it seems that it is not better remembered today. I always responded to the fundamental feeling in Wells' singing, her way of sounding both emotional and restrained at once, a really affecting combination."

Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music

Tue, April 19 2011 12:09pm - Source: BBC Music

The sweet-voiced singer has covered New Order and even dabbled in electronica.

Laura Cantrell Offers Free Download of 'Kitty Wells Dresses'

Wed, April 06 2011 9:39pm - Source: The Boot

Laura Cantrell will be releasing her new album, 'Kitty Wells Dresses,' on May 17, and the New York-based country-folk artist is offering fans a special preview of the Kitty Wells tribute project with a free download of the title track.