My Kind of Country salutes the Queen of Country Music on her 90th birthday. Kitty Wells was the first female artist to have a #1 country hit back in 1952 with “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” and in doing so paved the way for other women such as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, [...]
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A few days ago, I had the great honor and privilege of sitting down for a conversation with the legendary Connie Smith:
RX: Your entry into the country music world seems to be something that just sort of happened, instead of something that you spent a lot of time pursuing. Prior to meeting Bill Anderson, had [...]
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Constance June Meador was born on August 14, 1941 in Elkhart, Indiana. Her father’s alcoholism led to the breakup of her parents’ marriage when Connie was seven years old. After her mother remarried, Connie found herself in the middle of an extended family that included 14 children. Her stepfather played the [...]
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