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Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier for women in country music with her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts and turned her into the first female ...
Johnnie Robert Wright Jr. (May 13, 1914 [1] – September 27, 2011) [2] was an American country music singer-songwriter, who spent much of his career working with Jack Anglin as the popular duo Johnnie & Jack, and was also the husband of country music star Kitty Wells.
Wright with Roy Acuff, her parents, Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright, and her uncle, Jack Anglin, as they played the RKO Palace in New York in 1955. Ruby Wright (October 27, 1939 – September 27, 2009) [1] was an American country music singer-songwriter. Wright was the daughter of country singers Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright. [1]
Paul Warren (May 17, 1918 –January 12, 1978) was an American fiddle player best known for his work on a number of Kitty Wells singles, and his long tenure with Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. [2]
Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells: 73 years, 332 days October 30, 1937 – September 27, 2011 (his death) [75] William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett: 73 years, 201 days June 30, 1951 − present [76] Charles Lane and Ruth Covell Lane 71 years, 233 days April 12, 1931 – November 30, 2002 (her death) Karl Malden and Mona Greenberg 70 years, 195 days
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In 1979, Wells and her husband formed the label Rubocca Records, and Wells issued her final studio albums in 1979 and 1981 on Rubocca respectively. [ clarification needed ] [ 8 ] Hopefully one day all of Kitty Wells later Decca/Mca recordings from the 1960’s and 1970’s will be on CD discography on compact disc as of 2024 is selective.
Foley was born on a 24-acre (9.7 ha) farm in Blue Lick, Kentucky, [1] and grew up nearby Berea.He gained the nickname Red for his hair color. He was born into a musical family, and by the time he was nine was giving impromptu concerts at his father's general store, playing French harp, piano, banjo, trombone, harmonica and guitar.