Similar to her earlier collabrative album with Harris and Ronstadt, Parton released Honky Tonk Angels in the fall of 1993 with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette.

Wynette was sometimes called the " First Lady of Country Music ", and her best-known song, Stand by Your Man, was one of the best-selling hit singles by a woman in the history of the country music genre.

Wynette was born and raised on a farm in Itawamba County, Mississippi that belonged to her maternal grandparents.

As a girl, Wynette taught herself to play a variety of musical instruments that had been left by her deceased father.

He did not support her ambition to become a country singer, and, according to Wynette, as she drove away he told her " Dream on, Baby ".

In 1966, Wynette moved with her three daughters from Birmingham to Nashville, where she attempted to get a recording contract.

Sherrill was originally reluctant to sign her up, but decided to do so after finding himself in need of a singer for Apartment No. 9 When Sherrill heard Wynette sing it, he was impressed and decided to sign her up to Epic Records in 1966.

According to her 1979 memoir, Stand by Your Man, during their meeting, Wynette was wearing her long, blonde hair in a ponytail, and Sherill noted that she reminded him of Debbie Reynolds in the film Tammy and the Bachelor.

" Stand by Your Man " was reportedly written in the Epic studio in just 15 minutes by Billy Sherrill and Wynette, and was released at a time when the women's rights movement was beginning to stir in the U. S. The message in the song stated that a woman should stay with her man, despite his faults and shortcomings.

Wynette was married to George Jones from 1969-75 ( she had divorced her second husband in 1968 ).

In 1976, after having her public divorce from Jones the previous year, Wynette recorded, "' Til I Can Make It on My Own ".

In 1976, Wynette had another No. 1 as a solo artist, " You and Me ", which became her final No. 1 as a solo artist.

The song gave Wynette a new following, and was her highest-charting single on the Billboard Pop charts.

In the video, scrolling electronic titles said that " Miss Tammy Wynette is the first lady of country music " and listed a number of her accomplishments in the recording industry.

Wynette also designed and sold her own line of jewelry in the 1990s.

Wynette was also the voice for the character Tilly Hill ( Hank Hill's mother ) on the animated series King of the Hill until her death.

Wynette was married five times: to Euple Byrd ( married 1959 – divorced 1966 ); Don Chapel, born Lloyd Franklin Amburgey, ( married 1967 – annulled 1968 ); George Jones ( married 1969 – divorced 1975 ); Michael Tomlin ( married 1976 – annulled 1976 ); and singer / songwriter George Richey ( married 1978 – her death 1998 ).

Wynette was linked romantically with actor Burt Reynolds and musician Rudy Gatlin in the mid to late 1970s but said Richey was her " true love " when she met him, and theirs was her longest marriage.

Georgette Jones, daughter of Wynette and George Jones, claimed that Wynette " and Richey had had a fight and he had beaten her.

The countrypolitan sound — a polished, streamlined sound featuring string sections, background vocals and crooning lead vocalists — was popularized by artists including Lynn Anderson, Glen Campbell, Ann Murray, Dottie West, Tammy Wynette and others, achieving their successes through such songs as "( I Never Promised You A ) Rose Garden ," " Snowbird " and others.

In 1965, Wynette sang on the Country Boy Eddie Show on WBRC-TV in Birmingham, Alabama, and this led to performances with Porter Wagoner.

Wynette appeared in the video wearing a crown and seated on a throne.

As a result of numerous health ailments and operations, Wynette became dependent on painkillers in the late 1970s.

Wynette had many serious physical ailments beginning in the 1970s, including operations on her gallbladder, kidney and on the nodules on her throat.

After years of medical problems, numerous hospitalizations, approximately 26 major operations and an addiction to large doses of pain medication, Wynette died while sleeping on her couch

Country star Tammy Wynette was born on the Mississippi / Alabama line.

In addition to Williams, Holyfield's songs have been recorded by numerous Nashville luminaries including George Strait, Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Kathy Mattea, Tammy Wynette, Conway Twitty, Charley Pride, Randy Travis, The Judds, Mark Chesnutt, John Anderson, Mel Street, Gary Allan, Johnny Rodriguez, Danny Wood ( the country singer and bassist, not to be confused with the member of New Kids on the Block ), The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ernest Tubb, Anne Murray, and others.

One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist, she was an acknowledged influence on Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton and was hailed as an " extraordinary country / pop singer " by The New York Times music critic Robert Palmer.

Many albums, by artists as diverse as Andy Williams, Johnny Cash, Barbra Streisand, The Byrds, Tammy Wynette, Laura Nyro and Sly & the Family Stone were issued on Embassy, before the label was once again discontinued in 1980.

Columbia artists who had their albums reissued on Embassy during the 1970s include Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, Johnny Cash, Barbra Streisand, The Byrds, Tammy Wynette, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Spirit and Sly & the Family Stone.

She has also appeared on tribute albums to Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, The Band, Tammy Wynette, Doc Pomus, Laura Nyro, Yoko Ono, John Hiatt and Jimi Hendrix.

Allen was born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee and was strongly influenced by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Ray Charles, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the current music which was being played in Memphis on WHBQ and WDIA, as well as country greats such as Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.

While at Opryland, Phillip worked as a video switcher on the stage production of Hee Haw Live, as well as running spotlight for such performers as George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Alabama, Tanya Tucker, and the Oak Ridge Boys.

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wynette charted 23 No. 1 songs.

* 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 1998 )

* May 5 – Tammy Wynette, American country singer ( d. 1998 )

** Tammy Wynette, American singer ( b. 1942 )

Many musicians and songwriters are from Franklin County including Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette, Ricky Pierce, Eddie Martin, Kerry Gilbert, and many others.

* Tammy Wynette, American country music legend, was born near Tremont.

) George Jones and Tammy Wynette were also married in Ringgold.

Mullinville is mentioned in the song " The Jet Set " by George Jones and Tammy Wynette.

It was the birthplace of country music singer Tammy Wynette.

The town is also mentioned in the 1974 country song "( We're Not ) The Jet Set ," in which George Jones and Tammy Wynette sing about road tripping around the Midwestern and Southern part of the United States in a Chevrolet while falling in love.

The city park formed out of a fundraiser which featured musicians George Jones and Tammy Wynette, and continued funding and grants go towards improving the park.

In the country music field, singer-songwriters like Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, Billy Edd Wheeler, and others emerged from the 1940s through the 1960s, often writing compelling songs about love relationships and other subjects.

Artists who typified the countrypolitan sound initially included Wynette, Glen Campbell ( who recorded in Hollywood and not Nashville ), Lynn Anderson, Charlie Rich, and Charley Pride.

The trio album Honky Tonk Angels, recorded with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette.

Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette, ( May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998 ) was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling woman singers.

Along with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, Wynette defined the role of women in country music during the 1970s.

Jones and Wynette recorded a sequence of duet albums and single records that hit the charts throughout the 1970s.

He died of a brain tumor when Wynette was nine months of age.

Wynette claimed that the state line ran right through their farm, joking that " my top half came from Alabama and my bottom half came from Mississippi.