Tammy Wynette was considered “the voice” long before those words became the name of a current hit reality show. The singer could impressively sound fragile one moment, then let it rip the next, all ...

On this day (October 16) in 1976, Tammy Wynette reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “You and Me,” where it stayed for two weeks. It was her final chart-topper. Her future ...

After creating nine studio albums together and delivering countless glimmering singles to country music's 70s and 80s golden era, Tammy Wynette and George Jones have long been regarded as one of the ...

Hear her biggest hits, deeper cuts and tributes from disciples. By Lindsay Zoladz For years, I’ve been waiting for the right moment to write about one of my favorite country singers, the great, ...

The singer-songwriter performed the country music classic at her show in Rogers, Arkansas Kristy Sparow/Getty Lana Del Rey’s lyrics are full of references to legendary songwriters — and sometimes she ...

He typically covers a much wider swath of musical history on his freewheelin’ and wildly popular podcast Cocaine and Rhinestones: The History of Country Music. But host/writer/producer Tyler Mahan Coe ...

In a bid to 'preserve the identity of country music', George Jones and Tammy Wynette rallied against this new country music ...

The line between honesty as a brutal truth or marketing trope and the gauze of stylish kitsch laid over female artistic legacies in country music is troublesome. In author Steacy Easton's latest, ...

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During the final weeks of her life, Tammy Wynette had her ex-husband on her mind. The country music star passed away in 1998 at age 55 of heart failure. She and George Jones, country music’s first ...