How Kitty Wells’ ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels’ Became Country’s Greatest Diss Track
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 climbing the charts on its way to making country music history. That August — 70 years ago this month — it became the first single by a solo female artist to reach No. 1 on the country charts, and a bellwether for women in the industry.
“I was absolutely thrilled, of course, to hear another girl was a big thing, because there...
“I was absolutely thrilled, of course, to hear another girl was a big thing, because there...
- 8/29/2022
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
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