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First female superstar of country music Kitty Wells dies at 92 (Daily Mail)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKleTa94dC8"]Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - YouTube[/ame]
much more, including pictures, at link aboveSinger Kitty Wells, the first female superstar of country music, died today at 92.
The singer passed away peacefully at home after complications from a stroke, according to her family.
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Her track It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels in 1952 was the first No. 1 hit by a woman soloist on the country music charts and dashed the notion that women couldn't be headliners.
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The song was written by J.D. Miller as a retort to Hank Thompson's 1952 hit, The Wild Side of Life.
The chorus to Thompson's record was: 'I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels/ I might have known you'd never make a wife/ But you gave up the only one that ever loved you/ And went back to the wild side of life.'
In his response, Miller wrote: 'It wasn't God who made honky-tonk angels/ As you said in the words of your song/ Too many times married men think they're still single/ That has caused many a good girl to go wrong.'
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The song opened the way for women to present their view of life and love in country music. It also encouraged Nashville songwriters to begin writing from a woman's perspective.
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKleTa94dC8"]Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - YouTube[/ame]