Kitty Wells
b. Muriel Ellen Deason, 30 August 1919, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The family relocated to Humphries County but returned to Nashville in 1928, where Deason's father, who played guitar and sang for local dances, worked as a brakeman for the Tennessee Central Railroad. She grew up singing in the church choir, learned to play guitar and in 1934, she dropped out of school to work in a local shirt factory. The following year, she teamed with her sisters Mabel and Willie Mae and their cousin, Bessie Choate, to form the singing Deason Sisters. In 1936, they appeared on WSIX Nashville singing "Jealous Hearted Me", and were cut off in mid-song by the station, who for some reason believed the song to be too risqu for their listeners. The audience disagreed and the girls were given a regular early-morning programme.
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- It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
- Makin' Believe
- How Far Is Heaven
- Lonely Side of Town
- Making Believe
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