Kitty Wells
Kitty Wells
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- Description
- The "Queen of Country Music," Kitty Wells, (Ellen Muriel Deason, b. 1918) emerged in 1952 as the first female country vocalist to win and sustain major stardom. Her release, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,"--a lyrical response to Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life"--was a hit. Wells and her husband, Johnny Wright, continued to work a full schedule well into the 1990s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph
- negative
- 1983
- 2003
- maker
- Horenstein, Henry
- Place Made
- United States: New Hampshire, Reeds Ferry, Lone Star Ranch
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- 2003.0169.073
- accession number
- 2003.0169
- catalog number
- 2003.0169.073
- Credit Line
- Horenstein, Henry
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Cultures & Communities
- Photography
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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