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MinniePearl KittyWells JohnnyWright GrandOleOpry ConcertPoster PontiacMichigan

$ 79.2

Availability: 50 in stock
  • Industry: Music
  • Genre: Country

    Description

    An original country music concert poster for Minnie Pearl, Kitty Wright, Johnny Wright and the Tennessee Mountain Boys, Bill Philips, Ruby Wright, Bobby Wright and The Duke of Paducah  all performing at the Pontiac, Michigan High School on Sunday, May 28th probably 1967 given Johnny Wright name change from earlier career Johnnie and his & Kitty's 2 now adult children Ruby & Bobby performing and per universal calendar dating and top ticket price .50
    -- any year info would be appreciated.
    Poster is 14x22
    on cardboard and in good - very good condition for its age with a scratch down middle of poster, some light water staining at bottom edge and some other general wear/handling -- any light round shadow middle/lower right on back/front is just camera lens shadow not on poster---  please see pictures for condition and ask questions in advance if helpful. Will be mailed well packed with insurance.
    Wikipedia:"
    Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon
    (October 25, 1912 – March 4, 1996), known professionally as her stage character
    Minnie Pearl
    , was an American comedian who appeared at the
    Grand Ole Opry
    for more than 50 years (1940–1991) and on the television show
    Hee Haw
    from 1969 to 1991.
    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".
    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
    ."