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Country's Grand Ole Opry:Kitty Wells & David Houston & More Concert Poster
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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 female barrier 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 star. Her Top 10 hits continued until the mid-1960s, 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
Billboard
'
s 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
. In 1976, she was inducted into the
Country Music Hall of Fame
. In 1991, she became the third country music artist, after
Roy Acuff
and
Hank Williams
, and the eighth woman to receive the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
. Her accomplishments earned her the nickname
Queen of Country Music
.
This Poster is a
REPRODUCTION
Poster. The size of this Poster is 12" X 18".
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