Kitty Wells, a woman who paved a trail for legends like Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn, has died. Nashville's WTVF television reports that the 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' ...

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. In a simple statement on her website, Loretta Lynn writes, "Kitty ...

These female country songs from the 50s and 60s take the shrinking violet stereotypes and squashes it right down into the ...

(CNN) — Country legend Kitty Wells died on Monday due to complications from a stroke, CNN has confirmed. She was 92. According to a press statement, Wells, who was born Ellen Muriel Deason Wright in ...

Kitty Wells was a female trailblazer in country music at a time when being a female trailblazer in country music was brand new territory. Her status as the first real female country star earns her a ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Kitty Wells, whose achievements as a solo artist broke barriers to country-music stardom for women, has died. She was 92. The singer's family said she died peacefully at home after ...

On May 3, 1952, Kitty Wells decided to record one final song before leaving country music altogether. It was just the ...

Kitty Wells, who kicked down the doors through which every female country singer from Loretta Lynn to Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift has since walked, died Monday in Nashville. She was 92 and still ...

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 ...

Kitty Wells revolutionized country music by becoming its first big female solo star. Wells died today at home in Nashville, Tenn., of complications from a stroke. She was 92 years old. Wells sang ...

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 ...