Friday, July 20, 2012

No Doubt unveils first new song in 11 years Kitty Wells country singing trailblazer dies at 92 Country legend KITTY WELLS DEATH SPARKS TRIBUTES FROM COUNTRY GREATS Music's First Female Superstar Dies [Video] female superstar Star R.I.P. 'Queen of Country'... LORETTA LYNN STARS PAY TRIBUTE TO Music Mourns Her Passing 1st 'queen music ' An Appreciation A trailblazin' Friday random ten Honky Tonk Angels and more star

NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Kitty Wells Remembered (NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/ CMT .com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.) Her legacy will always be her shattering of the glass ceiling for aspiring female country singers, but Kitty Wells lives on in a number of ways and in the work of many other women. It wasn't God who made Kitty Wells famous... Since the death of country music's first female megastar, the great Kitty Wells, earlier this week, the blogosphere has been flooded with tributes and links to stories. One of her more recent interviews was with Wall Street Journal music writer Barry Mazor, who talked to the Queen of Country in 2008 in conjunction with the opening of a Kitty Wells exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame in ... Funeral Held Friday For Kitty Wells The first female superstar of country music will be laid to rest Friday. Kitty Wells died Monday at the age of 92. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. at the Hendersonville Church of Christ. Kitty Wells, country's first female superstar Kitty Wells, who died Monday at age 92, was born in Nashville to a family of country musicians, and within that simple truth lies a fascinating narrative. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," Wells' 1952 hit that was her first and most important, was as brash and defiant for its time as more celebrated musical revolutions to come involving Elvis Presley's thrusting hips and the Beatles ... 1st female country superstar Kitty Wells dies NASHVILLE, Tenn. 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 in the male-dominated world of country music. Remembering Kitty Wells' Pillager concert Before country music stars filled stadiums and even before Loretta Lynn was a household name - there was Kitty Wells, the original queen of country music. The first woman soloist to score a No. Kitty Wells, queen of country music, broke ground for female singers When Kitty Wells visited Kansas City on her farewell tour in the year 2000, I took my then 8-year-old daughter to see the country music legend, known as the Queen of Country Music. Wells, at 80 years old, graciously met with all of her fans after the show, posing for photos and autographing CDs, record albums and other memorabilia. Read full article >> Kitty Wells Ellen Muriel Deason Wright, known to the world as legendary "Queen of Country Music," Kitty Wells, 92, died on Monday, July 16, 2012. Kitty Wells, country music star, dies at 92 NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music" who opened the door to a host of female country music headliners, died on Monday at her home in Nashville of complications from a stroke. She was 92. Among those mourning her passing was Loretta Lynn, whose own rise to popularity came after Wells, who paved the way for strong female voices in country music. "Kitty Wells will always ... Kitty Wells dies at 92; country music trailblazer 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. Country singer Kitty Wells had been recording, touring and broadcasting without major success for more than a decade when she accepted an offer in 1952 to record one more song before she planned to turn her attention to staying at home and ...
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