Kitty Wells (born Muriel Deason on 30 August 1919 - 16 July 2012) is a coun… Read Full Bio ↴Kitty Wells (born Muriel Deason on 30 August 1919 - 16 July 2012) is a country singer from Nashville, Tennessee, known as the Queen of Country Music. During the 1950s she was the only female vocalist to consistently hit the top of the country charts and her stardom was on the same level as the biggest male vocalists of the period.
Wells' success in the 1950s and 1960s was so enormous that she still ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of the Billboard country charts according to historian Joel Whitburn's book "The Top 40 Country Hits", behind Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, and Tanya Tucker. Wells was the third country music artist, behind Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991 as well as being the seventh woman and first Caucasian woman to receive the honor. In 1976, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Wells' success in the 1950s and 1960s was so enormous that she still ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of the Billboard country charts according to historian Joel Whitburn's book "The Top 40 Country Hits", behind Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, and Tanya Tucker. Wells was the third country music artist, behind Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991 as well as being the seventh woman and first Caucasian woman to receive the honor. In 1976, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Kitty Wells
Kitty Wells Lyrics
Amigo's Guitar Tonight they're singing in the villas tomorrow you'll be gon…
As Long As I Live [Chorus] As long as I live, if it be one…
Heartbreak U.s.a. (Back home in heartbreak USA) The harbor's empty my love has…
I Can't Stop Loving You I can't stop loving you so I've made up my…
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels As I sit here tonight, the jukebox playin' The tune about…
Mommy for a Day I go to see my little girl each Sunday afternoon And…
One by One One by one we've broke each vow we made It was…
Will Your Lawyer Talk to God Your lawyer called and said he had the papers all…
You Don't Hear Lately you spent a lot of time at parties Your head…