Kitty Wells Unpublished Studio Master Recordings From Louisiana Hayride 1950
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Aug 21, 2021
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Kitty Wells
Studio Master Recording During Louisiana Hayride Performance
Date: Circa 1950
78 rpm acetate Vinyl Record
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Vintage Kitty Wells studio master recording featuring two songs cut during one of her early Louisiana Hayride performances, believed to be unpublished. This 78 rpm acetate record featuring two songs recorded by country music legend Kitty Wells, known as "The Queen of Country Music", during one of her earliest Louisiana Hayride engagements around 1950. The songs titled "It Drives Me Crazy Sometimes" on the "A" side and "If The Truth Were Known" on the "B" side. Ms. Wells and her husband Johnnie Wright with his band Johnnie and Jack, The Tennessee Mountain Boys appeared on the inaugural Louisiana Hayride Broadcast on April 3, 1948 and appeared other times between 1948 to 1950.Also inscribed on the "A" side is "Hubert Long - KWKH Shreveport". Hubert Long was the Manager of The Louisiana Hayride in 1950 but would go on to be an American music executive known for his promotion of country music artists from the early 1950s to his death in 1972. Long created a talent agency named for him in 1952 and one of Nashville's first independent talent agencies, Stable of Stars, three years later. A founding board member of the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Country Music Foundation (CMF), Long was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1979.
The record bears some minor surface scratches, but remains in remarkable condition considering its age. This 78 rpm record is an important recent discovery or original studio recorded music from the groundbreaking country star, who is credited with bringing a hard-edge female perspective to a male-dominated industry during the 1950's paving the way for later country singers Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Reba McIntyre. Note: Sold Without Copyright.
(From Wikipedia)
Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier to 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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