WELLS, KITTY
(*1919)
WELLS, KITTY (b. Muriel Deason, Nashville, Tenn., August 30, 1919) One of the pioneering female country vocalists, Wells is noted for the 1950s tear-drenched ballads that put women on the country-music map. Previously solo female vocalists were few and far between; most Nashville executives felt the recording-buying public for country music was too conservative to accept a woman singing about lovin', cheatin', and losin'. The popularity of Wells's recordings changed this attitude, and paved the…