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 (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music" who opened the door to a host of female country music headliners, died on Monday at her home in Nashville of complications from a stroke ...

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, July 16 (UPI) -- Kitty Wells, known as the Queen of Country Music, died in Madison, Tenn., Monday from complications of a stroke, her grandson, John Sturdivant Jr., said. She was 92. Wells, ...

Making it as a country singer wasn’t exactly easy in the 1950s, but for a woman, it was nearly impossible. After years of being downplayed or downright ignored by promoters who believed women couldn’t ...

Kitty Wells, the Queen of Country Music, died at her home in Nashville Monday of complications from a stroke. She was 92. Wells was the first female to score a No. 1 hit on the country charts, and ...

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 ...

The monster was the man behind the curtain in the case of Kitty Wells, the country singer who died on July 16 at age 92. As the fittingly reverential tributes to Wells have reminded us this week, she ...

Pioneering female country singer Kitty Wells died today at her home in Madison, Tennessee, due to complications from a stroke, her grandson John Sturdivant Jr. told the New York Times. She was 92. An ...

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, the first female country music superstar, has died, according to The Associated Press. She was 92. Wells died in her Nashville home on Monday from complications following a stroke. Wells ...