Kitty Wells
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 country superstar. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” would also be her first of several pop crossover hits. Wells is the only artist to be awarded top female vocalist awards for 14 consecutive years. Her chart-topping hits continued until the mid-1960s, paving the way for and inspiring a long list of female country singers who came to prominence in the 1960s. Wells 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. In 1976, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1991, Wells became the third country music artist, after Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, and the eighth woman to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Wells' success and influence on country music garnered her the title "Queen of Country Music". |
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 503 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 9512 | 9/11/1956 | Beside you | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9513 | 9/11/1956 | I'm counting on you | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9514 | 9/11/1956 | They can't take your love | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9515 | 9/11/1956 | I'm tired of pretending | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9516 | 9/12/1956 | Oh! so many years | Webb Pierce ; Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9517 | 9/12/1956 | One week later | Webb Pierce ; Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9518 | 9/12/1956 | When I'm with you | Webb Pierce ; Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9519 | 9/12/1956 | Can you find it in your heart | Webb Pierce ; Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9520 | 9/13/1956 | Repenting | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9521 | 9/13/1956 | I guess I'll go on dreaming | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9522 | 9/13/1956 | Each day | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9523 | 9/13/1956 | The pace that kills | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9646 | 2/1/1957 | A change of heart | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9647 | 2/1/1957 | Stubborn heart | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9648 | 2/1/1957 | Standing room only | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9713 | 2/28/1957 | A mansion on the hill | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9714 | 2/28/1957 | Your wild life's gonna get you down | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9715 | 2/28/1957 | Right or wrong | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9716 | 2/28/1957 | The winner of your heart | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9717 | 2/28/1957 | Dancing with a stranger | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9718 | 2/28/1957 | Three ways (To love you) | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9719 | 2/28/1957 | She's no angel | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9720 | 2/28/1957 | Broken marriage vows-1 | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9763 | 4/10/1957 | What about you-1 | Kitty Wells | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 9764 | 4/10/1957 | Sweeter than the flowers | Kitty Wells | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wells, Kitty," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/350416.
Wells, Kitty. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/350416.
"Wells, Kitty." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Wells, Kitty - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91116601
Wikidata: Kitty Wells - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q272913
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/97149106189768491441
MusicBrainz: Kitty Wells - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5a5eeab3-e4b7-42e9-8ae9-b90eeb210b96
ISNI: 0000 0001 1439 8038 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000114398038
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