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Tammy Wynette
12+ albums
countryclassic countryfemale vocalistssinger-songwriter60s
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Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country singer and songwriter. She was known as the "First Lady of Country Music" and one of her best-known songs was "Stand by Your Man," which was one of the biggest selling hit singles by a woman in the history of the music genre. Tammy Wynette was born Virginia Wynette Pugh near Tremont, Mississippi, the only child of William Hollis Pugh (died February 13, 1943) and Mildred Faye Russell (1921–1991). She was always called Wynette (pronounced Win-net), or Nettie, instead of Virginia. Her father was a farmer and local musician. He died of a brain tumor when Wynette was nine months of age. Her mother worked in an office, as a substitute school teacher, as well as on the family farm. After the death of Hollis Pugh, she left Wynette in the care of her parents, Thomas Chester and Flora A. Russell, and moved to Memphis to work in a World War II defense plant. In 1946, she married Foy Lee, a farmer from Mississippi. Wynette was raised on the Itawamba County farm of her maternal grandparents where she was born. The place was partly on the border with Alabama. She has often claimed that the state line ran right through their property. she jokingly said "my top half came from Alabama and my bottom half came from Mississippi" As a youngster, she worked in the fields picking cotton alongside the hired crews to get in the crop. She grew up with her aunt, Carolyn Russell, who was only five years older than she was. Wynette san
top songs
albums
Tears of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection
Stand by Your Man
The Essential Tammy Wynette
Stand by Your Man: The Very Best of Tammy Wynette
Tammy's Greatest Hits
Love Songs
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
The Definitive 70's
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100 Movie Hits
Tammy Wynette's Greatest Hits
Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
The Best Country Album In The World ... Ever!