Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country singer and songwriter. She was known as the "First Lady of Country Music" and one of her best-known songs, "Stand by Your Man," was one of the biggest selling hit singles by a woman in the history of the country music genre.
<p>Tammy Wynette was born Virginia Wynette Pugh near Tremont, Mississippi, the only child of William Hollice Pugh (died February 13, 1943) and Mildred Faye Russell (1922–1991). She was always called Wynette (pronounced Win-net), or Nettie, instead of Virginia.
<p>Her father was a farmer and local musician. He died of a brain tumor when Wynette was nine months of age. Her mother worked in an office, as a substitute school teacher, as well as on the family farm. After the death of Hollice Pugh, she left Wynette in the care of her parents, Thomas Chester and Flora A. Russell, and moved to Memphis to work in a World War II defense plant. In 1946, she married Foy Lee, a farmer from Mississippi.
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The Definitive Collection
Apr 11, 1999
Track listing: Stand by Your ManD-I-V-O-R-C-EYour Good Girl's Gonna Go BadEvery Breath You TakeI Don't Wanna Play HouseKids Say the Darndest ThingsTil I Can Make It on My OwnNear YouSinging My Song...
Tears of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection (disc 2)
May 17, 1998
Track listing: He Loves Me All the WayWe Sure Can Love Each OtherThe Deepening SnowGood Lovin' (Makes It Right)Bedtime Story'Til I Get It RightMy Man (Understands)We're Gonna Hold On (feat. George ...
Tears of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection (disc 3)
May 17, 1998
Track listing: Two Story House (feat. George Jones)Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To)Crying in the RainAnother ChanceYou Still Get to Me in My DreamsUnwed Fathers(I'm Not) A Candle in...
Tammy Wynette Died
Apr 5, 1998
Tammy Wynette died
The Best of Tammy Wynette: Live in Concert
1988
Track listing: Welcome to My WorldAnother ChangeYour Good Girl's Gonna Go BadD.I.V.O.R.C.E.Singing My SongTil I Can Make It on My OwnWomanhoodI Still Believe in Fairy TalesWhen the Grass Grows Over...
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