
Person
Tammy Wynette
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1942
- Died
- Apr 6, 1998
- From
- Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA
Tammy Wynette, born Virginia Wynette Pugh, was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers. She was called the "First Lady of Country Music", and her best-known song, "Stand by Your Man", is one of the best-selling hit singles by a woman in the history of country music. Many of her hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness, divorce, and the difficulties of life and relationships. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wynette charted 23 No. 1 songs. Along with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, she is credited with having defined the role of women in country music during the 1970s. Wynette's marriage to country music singer George Jones in 1969, which ended in divorce in 1975, created a country music "couple", following the earlier success of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Jones and Wynette recorded a sequence of albums and singles that hit the charts throughout the 1970s and early eighties.
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Married... with Children

King of the Hill

Late Show with David Letterman

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Top of the Pops

The Mike Douglas Show

Wogan

CMA Awards

Capitol

The Midnight Special

The Word

Intimate Portrait

The Johnny Cash Show

Dinah!

Country Queens at the BBC

The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds

Country at the BBC

Tony Orlando and Dawn