Kitty Wells News & Updates

Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music," Dies at 92

Kitty Wells, the first female country music superstar, has died, according to The Associated Press. ...

Jul 17, 2012 • TV Guide

Kitty Wells, The Girl Singer Who Became Country’s Queen

Kitty Wells started her career as a “girl singer” in the 1940s and ended it as the “Queen of C...

Jul 18, 2012 • The Daily Beast

Kitty Wells, Legendary Country Singer, Dead at 92

Kitty Wells, the first female superstar of country music, has died at the age of 92. The singer's fa...

Sep 02, 2019 • Billboard

Kitty Wells, country music star, dies at 92

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music" who opened the door to a host of fem...

Jul 17, 2012 • Reuters

Kitty Wells blazed country path for women

"If I had never heard of Kitty Wells, I don't think I would have been a singer" -- Loretta Lynn Kitt...

Jul 17, 2012 • CNN

Kitty Wells: Feminist Country Godmother to Britney Spears

She was among the first female popular musicians to sing about the experience of being female—and ...

Jul 17, 2012 • The Atlantic

Kitty Wells, first female country superstar, dies at 92 after complications from a stroke

Kitty Wells, who kicked down the doors through which every female country singer from Loretta Lynn t...

Jul 17, 2012 • New York Daily News

65 Years Ago Today, Kitty Wells Reached No. 1 for the Final Time With This Aching Long-Distance Love Ballad

Making it as a country singer wasn’t exactly easy in the 1950s, but for a woman, it was nearly imp...

Jul 10, 2026 • American Songwriter

Country music icon Kitty Wells dead at 92

NASHVILLE, July 16 (UPI) -- Kitty Wells, known as the Queen of Country Music, died in Madison, Tenn....

Jul 16, 2012 • UPI

On This Day in 1952, Kitty Wells Became the First Woman To Top the Country Chart and Blazed a Trail for Generations To Come

On this day (August 23) in 1952, Kitty Wells went to No. 1 on the country chart with “It Wasn’t ...

Aug 23, 2026 • American Songwriter

Kitty Wells, country music's first female superstar, dies at 92

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. O...

Jul 17, 2012 • syracuse.com

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Dec 25, 2012 • Billboard

Kitty Wells, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”

Many country radio listeners (and artists) complain about the lack of airtime for women on the genre...

Mar 31, 2019 • American Songwriter

Kitty Wells, “Queen of Country Music” (1919-2012)

Country music icon Kitty Wells died at her home in Nashville on July 16 of complications resulting f...

Jul 22, 2012 • World Socialist Web Site

First female country music star Kitty Wells dead at 92

Singer Kitty Wells, whose hits such as "Making Believe" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angel...

Jul 16, 2012 • NBC News

Kitty Wells, Pioneering Country Singer, Dead at 92

Pioneering female country singer Kitty Wells died today at her home in Madison, Tennessee, due to co...

Jul 15, 2012 • Rolling Stone

Kitty Wells: The Queen Of Country Music

Kitty Wells, who paved the way for women in country music and was known as the "Queen of Country," d...

Oct 10, 2010 • NPR

No. 9: Kitty Wells – Country’s Most Powerful Women of All Time

Kitty Wells was a female trailblazer in country music at a time when being a female trailblazer in c...

Sep 21, 2017 • Taste of Country

Kitty Wells was 'queen of country music'

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Jul 17, 2012 • Christian Science Monitor

How Kitty Wells’ ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels’ Became Country’s Greatest Diss Track

Jeannie Seely was a 12-year-old girl in rural Pennsylvania when she first heard Kitty Wells’ song ...

Aug 29, 2022 • Yahoo

Kitty Wells, Trailblazing Country Singer, Dies At 92

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kitty Wells, who was on the verge of quitting music to be a homemaker when she ...

Jul 15, 2012 • San Antonio Express-News

Kitty Wells, first female country superstar, dies

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Kitty Wells, whose achievements as a solo artist broke barriers to country-music ...

Jul 16, 2012 • Houston Chronicle

Kitty Wells, Pioneering Country Singer, Dies

Kitty Wells revolutionized country music by becoming its first big female solo star. Wells died toda...

Sep 18, 2012 • KCUR 89.3 FM

Remembering Kitty Wells

The death of Kitty Wells on Monday (July 16), at age 92, marked the passing of the first female star...

Jul 16, 2012 • The Boot

Kitty Wells, 1919-2012

When a queen dies, a nation stops to grieve. For country music, the passing of Queen Kitty Wells was...

Jul 18, 2012 • Nashville Scene

Country music superstar Kitty Wells dies at 92

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Singer Kitty Wells, whose hits such as "Making Believe" and "It Wasn't God Who ...

Jul 16, 2012 • Fox News

Flashback: Kitty Wells Sings Controversial Song on the Opry

In 1952, Kitty Wells forever transformed the way women would be seen in the country music world. It ...

Jul 21, 2014 • Rolling Stone

Kitty Wells Dies: Country Stars Pay Tribute

Kitty Wells did almost as much for country music as the guitar and fiddle. The Queen of Country died...

Jul 16, 2012 • Taste of Country

Country music mourns loss of ‘Queen’ Kitty Wells

(CNN) — Country legend Kitty Wells died on Monday due to complications from a stroke, CNN has conf...

Jul 17, 2012 • wqad