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Kitty Wells

キティ・ウェルズ　/　きてぃ・うぇるず

American singer-songwriter

August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012　・　Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee
singer-songwriter
singer
recording artist

My Take

Kitty Wells doesn't just deserve a footnote, she deserves a monument. In 1952 she became the first woman to top the U.S. country charts, kicking open a door that had stayed firmly shut to female voices in the genre. What strikes me most is the quiet defiance of it: a Nashville-born woman answering the men of country music on their own terms and winning. The 1991 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award only confirms what the history books already knew. Every woman who later sang country owes her a debt, and I think that legacy still feels undersung today. A true pioneer worth remembering.

Overview

Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” also was her first of several pop crossover hits.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kitty Wells
Name (Japanese): キティ・ウェルズ
Reading: きてぃ・うぇるず
Born: August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Goat
Origin: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer-songwriter / singer / recording artist / musician / bandleader

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1991 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.kittywells.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA

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