Her 1952 hit recording, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts, and turned her into the first female country star.Kitty's still with us and is 91 now. I was raised on her music and still have a couple of old 45s, including this song:
I've added a few studio versions of this song to my old-timey jukebox. Emmylou Harris's is pretty sweet too.
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Halelujah! I love this church!
She's one of my old-timey faves too. "It wasn't God who made honky-tonk angels" is a certified pre-feminist classic!
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