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| We'll Stick Together | ||||
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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We'll Stick Together is an album of duets between Kitty Wells and her husband Johnny Wright. It was released in 1968 on the Decca label (DL 5026). The Jordanaires provided backup vocals and music. [1] [2]
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Ellen Muriel Deason, known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier for women in country music with her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts and turned her into the first female country superstar. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” would also be her first of several pop crossover hits. Wells is the only artist to be awarded top female vocalist awards for 14 consecutive years. Her chart-topping hits continued until the mid-1960s, paving the way for and inspiring a long list of female country singers who came to prominence in the 1960s.
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