Tammy Wynette
@TammyWynetteTN
The First Lady of Country Music
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On October 15, 1969, Tammy Wynette won her 2nd CMA Award for Best Female Vocalist. Roy Clark presented Tammy with her award. #tammywynette #cma #royclark #countrymusic
As we congratulate this years nominees, let’s look back at the ladies nominated FIFTY years ago. #CMAawards #TammyWynette #countrymusic #ABC #Hulu
Sep. 7, 1966: Tammy Wynette records her first single, ‘Apartment No. 9’. The career and legacy begins. #TammyWynette #countrymusic
August, 1969: Arguably one of the greatest Greatest Hits package is released. Billboard calls it “as near perfect an album as anyone has ever had”. And it still is. #TammyWynette #countrymusic #billboard
This week in 1970 TAMMY’S TOUCH would rise to the top of the country LP charts. #TammyWynette #1970 #countrymusic #billboard #FirstLadyOfCountryMusic
July 4, 1970, He Loves Me All The Way begins a 3 week #1 run atop Billboard’s country charts. #tammywynette #countrymusic #epic #Billboard
53 years ago this week Tammy Wynette was in the CBS recording studio recording her album, The First Lady. It would produce her #1 single, Run, Woman, Run. #tammywynette #countrymusic #epicrecords #1970s
46 years ago this week Let’s Get Together was released, featuring a Bill Barnes photo taken in the basement of a Holiday Inn near Pittsburgh. The image would become iconic Tammy. #countrymusic #tammywynette
In late April, 1970, the album Tammy’s Touch is released. By summer, it will be the #1 country album in the U.S. Her superstar status is indicated by the use of only her first name on the album cover. #tammywynette #countrymusic
Tonight, we celebrate Mom as we remember her on this 25 year anniversary of her passing at the Grand Ole Opry for the #OpryCounrryClassics . Listen on WSM Radio - The Home of the Opry! or come see us live. Mom would be so proud 💗
25 years after we lost Tammy, she is STILL the First Lady of Country Music. And always will be. #tammywynette #countrymusic #firstlady #cmhof
Sam Hunt references Tammy Wynette and her biggest hit in his latest composition. #tammywynette #countrymusic #samhunt
Tammy’s 3rd Greatest Hits album landed on the Billboard charts in March, 1975, having been released in February. An alternate shot from the photo shoot depicts a pensive First Lady. #tammywynette #countrymusic