The acknowledged Queen Of Country Music, Kitty Wells was the first solo female singer to top the U.S. Country charts, in 1952, with 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels'.She went on to establish herself as Country's first female superstar, and in doing so she took down the barriers on behalf of all the female Country singers who came to prominence in her wake. Her piercing, penetrating voice ached with melancholy and during the 50s and 60s she was unstoppable, with an almost unbroken run of success. This compilation features the fifty-five hits that she racked up on the U.S. Country charts between 1952 and 1962, plus a further half-dozen singles. Several of these sides are surprisingly difficult to find elsewhere on CD, making this a most welcome release.

Track List

1. Disc One
2. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
3. A Wedding Ring Ago
4. The Things I Might Have Been
5. Paying for That Back Street Affair
6. You Said You Could Do Without Me
7. I Don't Claim to Be An Angel
8. Hey Joe
9. Cheatin's a Sin
10. Release Me
11. One By One (With Red Foley)
12. I'm a Stranger in My Home (With Red Foley)
13. You're Not Easy to Forget
14. Thou Shalt Not Steal
15. As Long As I Live (With Red Foley)
16. Make Believe (Till We Can Make It Come True) (With Red Foley)
17. Makin' Believe
18. Whose Shoulder Will You Cry on
19. There's Poison in Your Heart
20. I'm in Love with You
21. I've Kissed You My Last Time
22. Lonely Side of Town
23. You and Me (With Red Foley)
24. How Far Is Heaven (With Carol Sue)
25. Goodbye Mr. Brown (With Roy Acuff)
26. Searching (For Someone Like You)
27. I'd Rather Stay Home
28. Repenting
29. Oh So Many Years (With Webb Pierce)
30. Three Ways (To Love You)
31. (I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein
32. One Week Later (With Webb Pierce)
33. I Can't Stop Loving You
34. She's No Angel
35. Jealousy
36. I Can't Help Wondering
37. He's Lost His Love for Me
38. Touch and Go Heart
39. Mommy for a Day
40. All the Time
41. Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down
42. You'll Never Be Mine Again
43. Amigo's Guitar
44. Lonely Is a Word
45. Left to Right
46. Memory of Love
47. Carmel By the Sea
48. The Man I Used to Know
49. I Can't Tell My Heart That (With Roy Drusky)
50. The Other Cheek
51. Fickle Fun
52. Heartbreak U.S.A
53. There Must Be Another Way to Live
54. Day Into Night
55. Our Mansion Is a Prison Now
56. Unloved Unwanted
57. Au Revoir (Goodbye)
58. Will Your Lawyer Talk to God
59. The Big Let Down
60. We Missed You
61. Wicked World
62. Cold and Lonely (Is the Forecast for Tonight)

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