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In December 1951, she moved back to Nashville and with Johnnie And Jack becoming members of the Grand Ole Opry in January 1952, she decided to retire. A further session the next year failed to produce a hit and she left the label. Wells made her first solo recordings for RCA - Victor Records in 1949, one song being Gathering Flowers For The Masters Bouquet, now generally rated to be the first recording, on a major label, of a song that has become a country gospel standard. Over these years, Wells did not always sing on a regular basis with Wright, owing to the fact that, by this time, she had two children, Ruby Wright and Bobby Wright, to look after a second daughter, Carol Sue Wright, followed. Wright chose the name from an old song popularized on the Grand Ole Opry by the Pickard Family and the Vagabonds.
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In 1943, Muriel Deason first became known as Kitty Wells. In 1939, Wright and Muriel teamed up with Jack Anglin (their future brother-in-law), first appearing as Johnnie Wright And The Happy Roving Cowboys with Jack Anglin, later becoming Johnnie And Jack And The Tennessee Hillbillies, then the Tennessee Mountain Boys. Soon afterwards, the newlyweds and Wrights sister Louise began appearing on radio station WSIX as Johnnie Wright And The Harmony Girls. In 1937, Muriel met aspiring country singer Johnnie Wright and on 30 October that year, the two were married. The audience disagreed and the girls were given a regular early-morning programme. In 1936, they appeared on WSIX Nashville singing Jealous Hearted Me, and were cut off in mid-song by the station, who for some reason believed the song to be too risqué for their listeners.
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The following year, she teamed with her sisters Mabel and Willie Mae and their cousin, Bessie Choate, to form the singing Deason Sisters. She grew up singing in the church choir, learned to play guitar and in 1934, she dropped out of school to work in a local shirt factory. The family relocated to Humphries County but returned to Nashville in 1928, where Deasons father, who played guitar and sang for local dances, worked as a brakeman for the Tennessee Central Railroad. She has published more than 60 songs.Muriel Ellen Deason, 30 August 1919, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Wells was later awarded a BMI award for writing "Amigo's Guitar." Although not known much for her songwriting, Wells has won two BMI awards, including one for "Amigo's Guitar". In 1959, Wells had two Top 5 hits with "Amigo's Guitar" and "Mommy For A Day".
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The duo didn't record together again until 1964 with the Top 10 hit "Finally". She also partnered with Webb Pierce the same year for two duet singles, including the Top 10 hit "Oh So Many Years". This was followed by a string of LPs released by Decca Records between 19. In 1957, Wells issued Winner of Your Heart. Wells' later 1950s releases included "Searching (For Someone Like You)", "I Can't Stop Loving You", and "Amigo's Guitar", which she wrote with John D. Soon other female country singers released LPs in the late 1950s and early 1960s."Making Believe" and "Lonely Side of Town" became chart-toppers for Wells, however not on Billboard magazine. Wells released her first studio album in 1957 with Winner of Your Heart. She became the first female country singer to issue an LP, starting with 1956's Kitty Wells' Country Hit Parade, which consisted of her biggest hits. Record companies were reluctant to issue albums by country's female artists until Wells proved that women could sell. Kitty and Johnnie were married 74 years before Johnnie’s death in 2011. The couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in 2007 by visiting the small courthouse at which they were married in Franklin, KY. Wells and her husband were lifelong members of the Church of Christ. Bobby recorded albums for both Decca and ABC. Ruby recorded an album for the Kapp label and was a member of 'Nita, Rita, and Ruby. and recorded numerous songs with her family, including performing with Ruby as The Wright Sisters. While two of Wells' children pursued music careers, Carol Sue did not, but she was married to Nashville Music Row executive John Sturdivant Sr. Carol Sue released a single with Wells in the mid '50s, titled "How Far Is Heaven", which peaked at No. Kitty and Johnnie had three children, Ruby, Bobby, and Carol Sue, eight grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and seven great great grandchildren. She was widowed 33 days before their 74th wedding anniversary when Johnnie died in 2011, aged 97.