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Kitty Wells
It Wasn t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Release Me
Searching (For Someone Like You)
I Can t Stop Loving You
Mommy For A Day
You Don t Hear
Re-Release Date: 6/4/2002
hyperbolium (4 out of 5 stars) As the first real female star of country music, Wells holds a special place in both its hit-making history, and as a primary influence on the female voices that followed in her footsteps. Her first hit, 1952 s It Wasn t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels, not only provided a lyrical rebuff to Hank Thompson s The Wild Side of Life, but staked out a feminist viewpoint that had never been heard in country music before. Her other answer songs, and hits like 1959 s Mommy for a Day (written by Harlan Howard and Buck Owens) found their voice in Kitty Wells, detailing the emotional travails of a woman s life, and opening the door for Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette and others.