Kitty Wells
Kitty Wells (born Ellen Muriel Deason, August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012) was an American country singer from Nashville known as the "Queen of Country Music." Her 1952 hit "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" made her the first woman to top the country charts as a solo artist and opened the door for women in country music. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991.