Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh, born May 5, 1942 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, † April 6, 1998 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country music singer. Her biggest success was Stand by Your Man from the year 1968.

Biography

Virginia Wynette Pugh grew after the early death of her father in her grandparents. She married at the age of 17 years. Shortly before the birth of the third child, she was abandoned by her husband. At this time, she worked in a beauty salon. In order to supplement their low salary, she sang occasionally in local clubs. Worse were their financial problems by the severe and long- lasting meningitis of her youngest child.

1966 Pugh drove to Nashville, hoping for a career as a country singer. After a few failed attempts they got a recording contract with the record company Epic. Responsible for producer Billy Sherrill was who composed most of their songs. First, her name was changed to Tammy Wynette. Their debut single Apartment Number 9, written by Johnny Paycheck, reached a middle seat in the country charts. The next song Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad made ​​it to third position.

There were other top ten successes, including several number - one hits like Take Me To Your World and DIVORCE, was published until 1968 Stand by Your Man. This controversial song, composed by Billy Sherrill, was especially attacked by feminists, as the text says, a woman should keep at all costs to her husband. The song reached the top position on the country charts and was listed high in the pop charts. In Germany, Tammy Wynette was less successful, Stand By Your Man was their only chart success, the title reached number 36 in the U.S. pop chart, the song reached number 19

1968 married Wynette the country singer George Jones. Soon, from the beginning stormy marriage was burdened by Jones ' drinking problems. A positive consequence of this relationship were the numerous duets, which grossed the two beyond the end of their marriage in 1975 also. Their biggest hits were common Golden Ring and Near You from the year 1976.

The winning streak of Wynette continued until the early eighties. In 1991, she took on the lead vocals for the number-one single Justified and Ancient KLF for the project. So she reached a new generation of followers. Overall Wynette managed 20 number - one hits and sold over 30 million records. For their album Tammy's Greatest Hits 1970 she received a gold record, platinum 1989.

Wynettes life was marked by relationship problems (she was married five times in total ) and diseases. In addition, it was for a time dependent on alcohol. In 1979, she published her autobiography. Tammy Wynette died on 6 April 1998 at the age of 55 years. A few months later she was admitted posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Albums ( selection)

The albums are listed in chronological order of their appearance, (xxxx) = year of publication, the U.S. catalog number, # = highest ranking in the U.S. album charts

  • Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (1967 ) - Epic BN 26305
  • Take Me to Your World (1967 ) - Epic BN 26353
  • D.I.V.O.R.C.E (1968 ) - Epic BN 26392 - # 147
  • Stand By Your Man (1968 ) - Epic BN 26451 - # 43
  • Inspiration ( 1969) - Epic BN 26423 - # 189
  • Tammy's Greatest Hits (1969 ) - Epic BN 26486 - # 37
  • The Ways to Love a Man ( 1970) - Epic 26519 - # 83
  • Tammy 's Touch (1970 ) - Epic 26549 - # 85
  • The First Lady ( 1970) - Epic 30213 - # 119
  • We Sure Can Love Each Other (1971 ) - Epic 30658 - # 115
  • Tammy's Greatest Hits, Volume II ( 1971) - Epic 30733 - # 118
  • We Go Together & George Jones ( 1971) - Epic 30802 - # 169
  • It's Just a Matter of Time (1971 )
  • Bedtime Story ( 1972) - Epic 31285 - # 133
  • Kids Say the Darndest Things ( 1973) - Epic 31937
  • Another Lonely Song ( 1974)
  • Woman to Woman (1974 )
  • George and Tammy and Tina (1975 )
  • Golden Ring (1976 )
  • I Still Believe in Fairy Tales ( 1976)
  • You and Me (1976 )
  • Let's'Get Together ( 1977)
  • No Charge (1977 )
  • One of a Kind (1977 )
  • Womanhood (1978 )
  • Just Tammy (1979 )
  • Only Lonely Sometimes ( 1980)
  • Encore (1981)
  • You Brought Me Back (1981 )
  • Soft Touch ( 1982)
  • Love the Answer ( 1983)
  • Higher Ground (1987 )
  • Heart Over Mind ( 1990)
  • Justified and Ancient ( with The KLF, 1991)
  • Honky Tonk Angels by Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn (1993 ) - Columbia 53414 - # 42
  • Without Walls (1994 )
  • One & George Jones ( 1995) - MCA 11248 - # 117
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