Kitty Wells News

Her peers consider Dolly Parton to be among the best singer-songwriters around, in the company of legends Mother Maybelle Carter and Kitty Wells.

Country singer Russ Varnell of Wilson has returned from Nashville, Tenn., where he was made a member of Reunion of Professional Entertainers Organization.

When local DJ and emcee Harold Mitchell was bedridden with rheumatic fever at six years old, the radio kept him company as he listened to the legends on the Grand Ole Opry.

Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Finding fault is what I do for a living.

All things music from the Tennessean.com entertainment staff. Queen of Country Music Kitty Wells, center, often spent time in her kitchen with daughter, Ruby Wright, and granddaughter Kitty Elizabeth Stephenson." Ruby Wright, the singing daughter of Johnny Wright and Queen of Country Music Kitty Wells , was found dead on Sunday at her Madison ...

Keep up with the latest Branson happenings. Sign up here your free e-mail subscription to the Branson Courier Gene Williams and Loretta Lynn inducted into George D. Hay Music Hall of Fame by Special Release to Branson Courier published: Sep 24, 2009 Gene Williams, Loretta Lynn, Mike Snider and the late Dottie Rhodes were inducted Sept.

Patty Loveless: "The song is the character you become. I've either lived it or been associated with it." Details: Patty Loveless 8 p.m. Thursday, September 17.

The history of country music - or any music until recent years, for that matter - is largely represented by men, with female artists popping up more and more frequently as time passed and concert/record promoters realized there was a market for women in the business.

Between sips of truck-stop coffee, I scanned the Aug. 31 Tennessean. In the Local and Business section, I saw a smiling lady who looked like she might be 70 years of age.

Today: Country singer Kitty Wells is 90. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones is 68.

Back in 1952, Kitty Wells busted through the boys club of country music with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." This past Sunday, she celebrated her 90th birthday at a musical tribute in Texas, led by disc jockey Eddie Stubbs.

In 1952, Muriel Deason - known in the music business as Kitty Wells - had a plan that didn't involve becoming a pioneering legend of country music.

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Big chart news for Reba McEntire this past week. Her brand-new Valory Music Co. label debut, Keep On Loving You , was No.

Published: Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug.

One does not have to dig too deep to see how profoundly different the role of women in country music has become over the last few decades.

There's not much you can do to deal with a difficult woman. When she's not speaking her mind, she's probably refusing to make it up.

The Shreveport-based country music show known as the Louisiana Hayride is set to be inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

The multicultural Fundy Bay Festival in Saint John starts tonight with an Eric Clapton tribute show at the Blue Olive - and tomorrow Debbie Myers is here! It seems impossible, but nearly two decades have passed since I last interviewed her.

The multicultural Fundy Bay Festival in Saint John starts tonight with an Eric Clapton tribute show at the Blue Olive - and tomorrow Debbie Myers is here! It seems impossible, but nearly two decades have passed since I last interviewed her.