Kitty Wells' status as the first real female country star earns her a place in the Top 10 on the list of the most powerful women in country music.

Kitty Wells shocked country fans when she sang about cheating husbands 60 years ago, but it blazed a path for female voices that followed.

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music," died this morning at her home in Nashville surrounded by family members, of complications from a stroke. She was 92.

Kitty Wells, who paved the way for women in country music and was known as the "Queen of Country," has died, the AP reports. She was 92. As her biography on the Country Music Hall of Fame notes ...

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 ...

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 chart ...

Pioneering female country singer Kitty Wells died today at her home in Madison, Tennessee, due to complications from a stroke, her grandson John Sturdivant Jr. told the New York Times. She was 92 ...

Kitty Wells, the first female country music superstar, has died, according to The Associated Press. She was 92. Wells died in her Nashville home on Monday from complications following a stroke ...

Country music icon Kitty Wells dead at 92 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.

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music" who opened the door to a host of female country music headliners, died on Monday at her home in Nashville of complications from a ...

Kitty Wells, the "Queen of Country Music" who opened the door to a host of female country music headliners, died on Monday at her home in Nashville of complications from a stroke. She was 92.