Kitty Wells

Behind The Song

10.02.26

Don Gibson and Kitty Wells Both Had a Big Hit With This Song in 1958

By Gayle Thompson
The List

09.21.26

These 4 Kitty Wells Songs Still Sound Like Country Music Classics Today

By Gayle Thompson
On This Day

08.30.26

Born 107 Years Ago Today in Nashville, the Original “Queen of Country” Who Shattered Every Glass Ceiling on Music Row

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

08.23.26

On This Day in 1952, Kitty Wells Became the First Woman To Top the Country Chart and Blazed a Trail for Generations To Come

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

07.27.26

On This Day in 1952, Hank Thompson Was at No. 1 With the Song That Inspired a History-Making Hit by Kitty Wells

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

07.16.26

14 Years Ago Today, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Revolutionary Songstress Who Paved the Way for Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

07.10.26

65 Years Ago Today, Kitty Wells Reached No. 1 for the Final Time With This Aching Long-Distance Love Ballad

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

05.03.26

On This Day 74 Years Ago, Kitty Wells Recorded This Fiery Rebuttal to a Hank Thompson Hit

By Erinn Callahan
Latest Music News & Stories

10.22.25

Ella Langley Just Did Kitty Wells Proud With This Timeless Cover Performance

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

08.30.25

Born on This Day in 1919, “The Queen of Country”—the First Female Solo Artist To Top the Country Charts

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

08.23.25

On This Day in 1952, This Country Crooner Became the First Female Solo Artist To Hit No. 1 on the Country Charts

By Em Casalena
Features

04.15.25

The Feminist Response Kitty Wells Had to Hank Thompson’s No. 1 Hit

By Peter Burditt