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Kitty Wells was “the first and only Queen of Country music”. In a career spanning six decades, she opened doors for female country artists that would have been shut in their faces but for her pioneering work. Her first solo hit single, “It Wasn’t God That Made Honky Tonk Angels”, sold over a million copies, its lyrics sparking controversy in conservative post-war America. This fantastic collection of her early work as a solo artist, is a showcase of the talent that would influence the careers of country stars like Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and Reba McEntire. She single-handedly disproved the lie that women could not headline country and western shows. Wells was, quite simply, a legend.
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