Tammy Wynette



Tammy Wynette, actually Virginia Wynette Pugh ( Itawamba County , Mississippi , May 51942 - Nashville , Tennessee , April 61998 ) was an Americancountry - singer , and she is also known as the "First Lady of Country Music" called. She is best known for her single Stand by your man, but had a total of 17 number one hits in the United States in the 60s and 70 .

Her father died when she was eight years old, and at age 17 she married and worked as a hairdresser. Three years and three children later they divorced. They would marry in her life four times. Her third child had a serious illness, and Tammy tried to earn by acting. Evening some extra money As a result, she was discovered and given a television appearance offered in1965 . In 1966 she moved to Nashville, where she signed a recording contract.

In 1968 and 1969 Tammy had five number-one hits in the U.S.: "Take Me to Your World," "DIVORCE," "Stand By Your Man" (all three in 1968), "Singing My Song" and "The Ways to Love a Man ​​"(both 1969).

In 1968, she began a relationship with the elder George Jones, one of the biggest drinkers in the country music environment and childhood idol Tammy. They married a year later, and since 1971 they recorded some popular duets in which the first "Take Me" was. Their marriage was not a bed of roses, and they divorced in 1975 . They were still occasionally recording songs together in the 20 years that followed.

Tammy had hits in those years, and, although sporadic, even in the 80s . In 1978, she was kidnapped and attacked by a masked man who never identified was, although it seemed like Tammy his identity known. She went in 1988 also once bankrupt .

In 1992 she recorded a track with the house act The KLF, entitled Justified and Ancient , which is one of its greatest successes would be. Despite her fragile health, she wanted at all costs, keep touring. To avoid the pain she began large quantities of prescription painkillers and other medications to swallow. Eventually Tammy was found dead in her home. Medicalcomplications in combination with an overdose of medication had become fatal.