KItty Wells

NASHVILLE - AUGUST 27: Country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings in his office on August 27,1987 Nashville Tennessee; NASHVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 20: Singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver speaks in an interview during the Billy Joe Shaver Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum during the Americana Music Festival & Conference on September 20, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.; and LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY - AUGUST 28: Margo Price performs during 2021 Railbird Festival at Keeneland Racecourse on August 28, 2021 in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Ongoing Evolution of Outlaw Country in 15 Songs

Loretta Lynn onstage/ Reba McEntire/ Dolly Parton

Female Country Singers: The Top 45 of All Time

Country singer Kitty Wells poses for a portrait with an acoustic guitar in 1954 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' Paved the Way for Female Country Artists

Mickey Guyton performs onstage during the 2021 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 21, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MRC)/ Maren Morris attends the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards at Allegiant Stadium on March 07, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for ACM)/ Co-host Dolly Parton speaks onstage during the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards at Allegiant Stadium on March 07, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ACM)

15 Country and Americana Songs About Female Empowerment

Louisiana Hayride

The Immense Influence of the 'Louisiana Hayride'

Kitty Wells Was the First Solo Woman to Have a No. 1 Hit on the Country Charts

Hank Thompson

Remembering Hank Thompson's Incredible Seven-Decade Career

5 Great Songs By Grand Ole Opry Legend Jan Howard

Tami Neilson on Learning From Kitty Wells, Empowering Women and New Album 'Chickaboom!'

Remembering Don Gibson, Country Music's 'Sad Poet'

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