Jeannie Seely was a 12-year-old girl in rural Pennsylvania when she first heard Kitty Wells’ song “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” It was 1952, and Wells’ unlikely hit was climbing the ...

LITTLE ROCK — Patsy Cline’s singing was on the rise at the same time Kitty Wells’ royal career was winding down. They crossed in the middle, 1961, the year each scored a hit single - Cline’s first ...

Legendary Nashville singer Kitty Wells has died at age 92, according to reports from Associated Press within the past hour. Wells was the first female to top the country charts with her song “It ...

The singer's career spanned eight decades, with hits including "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," a retort to Hank Thompson’s “The Wild Side of Life.” By Erik Pedersen Kitty Wells - H 2012 ...

"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels": Wells became the first woman to hit No. 1 on the Billboard country chart when this song was released in the summer of 1952. The tune was in direct response ...

NASHVILLE, July 16 (UPI) -- Kitty Wells, known as the Queen of Country Music, died in Madison, Tenn., Monday from complications of a stroke, her grandson, John Sturdivant Jr., said. She was 92. Wells, ...