Kitty Wells Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
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, and turned her into the first female country star. Her Top 10 hits continued until the mid-1960s, inspiring a long list of female country singers who came to prominence in the 1960s.Wells ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of Billboard's country charts, according to historian Joel Whitburn's book The Top 40 Country Hits, behind Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, and Tanya Tucker. In 1976, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1991, she became the third country music artist, after Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, and the eighth woman to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Wells' accomplishments earned her the nickname Queen of Country Music.
Full Name
Kitty Wells
Net Worth
$500,000
Date Of Birth
August 30, 1919
Died
July 16, 2012, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Place Of Birth
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Occupation
Singer-songwriter
Profession
Singer-songwriter
Nationality
American
Spouse
Johnnie Wright
Children
Bobby Wright, Ruby Wright, Carol Sue Wright
Parents
Charles Cary Deason, Myrtle Deason
Nicknames
Kitty Wells, Wells, Kitty
IMDB
Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Hall of Fame, Academy of Country Music Awards Cliffie Stone Icon Award
Movies
The Legendary Ernest Tubb
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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(September 27, 2009) Her oldest child, a daughter Ruby Wright, died from heart disease at age 69.
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Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 22, a son John Robert Wright (aka John Wright) on March 30, 1942. Child's father is her now late husband, Johnnie Wright.
3
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 21, a daughter Carol Sue Wright on June 12, 1941. Child's father is her now late husband, Johnnie Wright.
4
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 20, a daughter Ruby Wright on October 27, 1939. Child's father is her now late husband, Johnnie Wright.
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Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1991, the first female country singer so honored,.
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Inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall Of Fame in 2002.
8
Recorded some of her biggest hits in the 1950s with legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland.
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Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Formed the Kitty Wells/Johnny Wright Family Show in 1969; children Bobby and Ruby are part of the show.
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Her 1955 hit, "Makin' Believe," holds the record for most weeks at No. 2 on Billboard's country charts (15 weeks) without going to No. 1.
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Her other two Billboard country No. 1 hits were "One By One" (1954, duet with Red Foley) and "Heartbreak USA" (1961).
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In 1952, became the first female country singer to have a solo No. 1 hit on Billboard magazine's country charts, with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels." The song was a response to Hank Thompson's No. 1 hit that same year, "The Wild Side of Life."
14
Created her stage name, Kitty Wells, when she married Johnny Wright in 1939.
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Country singer.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
September 12th
2017/I
performer: "Jambalaya On The Bayou" post-production
The Aliens
2016
TV Series performer - 1 episode
31
2016
performer: "We Buried Her Beneath The Willows"
The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA
2014
TV Movie documentary performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
The Marty Stuart Show
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1
2010
Video performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
Crazy Heart
2009
performer: "Searching for Someone Like You" 1955, "Searching For Someone Like You"
Wicked Lake
2008
performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honkey Tonk Angels"
Opry Video Classics: Queens
2007
Video performer: "Makin' Believe"
Neal Cassady
2007
performer: "Christmas Ain't Like Christmas Anymore"
Biography
2006
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
The Devil's Rejects
2005
performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
Silent Voyeur
2004
performer: "Release Me" 1954
Sunshine State
2002
performer: "Makin' Believe" 1954
Men of Honor
2000
performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
performer: "Searching For Someone Like You"
Needful Things
1993
performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
Northern Exposure
1990
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Mississippi Burning
1988
performer: "Making Believe"
Dolly
1988
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Desert Hearts
1985
performer: "AMIGOS GUITAR", "IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS" / writer: "AMIGOS GUITAR"
The Blues Brothers
1980
performer: "YOUR CHEATIN' HEART"
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
50 Years of Country Music
1978
TV Movie performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
September 30, 1955
1977
performer: "Makin' Believe"
8th Annual Country Music Association Awards
1974
TV Special performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
The Johnny Cash Show
1971
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Road to Nashville
1967
performer: "A woman half my age"
Flaming Creatures
1963
performer: "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
Country Style, U.S.A.
1958
TV Series short performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Marty Stuart Show
2010
TV Series
Herself - Special Guest
American Roots Music
2001
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Life and Times of the Women of Country
1999
TV Movie
Herself
The Life and Times of Roy Acuff
1995
TV Movie
Herself
The Roots of Country: Nashville Celebrates the Ryman
