kitty wells

Kitty Wells did almost as much for country music as the guitar and fiddle. The Queen of Country died on Monday at the age of 92 after complications from a recent stroke. Wells was not only a major hitmaker in the ’50s and ’60s, but she was the first female country singer with a voice that the mostly male-dominated industry stepped aside and respected.

Born, Ellen Muriel Deason, Kitty Wells would grow up to become the "Queen of Country Music."  She was the first female singer to have a number 1 hit with, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels."  Check out her performance of the song on the Grand 'Ol Opry and other Kitty Wells' facts.