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Forever Young (Kitty Wells Album)
''Forever Young'' is an album from Kitty Wells that was released in 1974 on the Capricorn Records, Capricorn label. The album was Wells' first after leaving Decca Records and signing with Capricorn Records in Macon, Georgia. Instead of recording with the Nashville musicians she had known for years, she was backed by "long-haired" rock musicians, including pianist Chuck Leavell of The Allman Brothers Band and Toy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band. The song, "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song), Forever Young", was released as a single before the release of the album. It was used by Bruce Springsteen as the first song played on the public address system following the conclusion of each concert on his Springsteen and E Street Band 2023 Tour, 2023 world tour. Speaking to the difference between her Nashville sessions and her experience at Capricorn, Wells noted that she was accustomed to cutting four songs in a three-hour session in Nashville, whereas Capricorn spent 12 hours just on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty Wells
Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier to women in country music with her 1952 hit recording " It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts and turned her into the first female country superstar. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” would also be her first of several pop crossover hits. Wells is the only artist to be awarded top female vocalist awards for 14 consecutive years. Her chart-topping hits continued until the mid 1960s, paving the way for and inspiring a long list of female country singers who came to prominence in the 1960s. Wells ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of the ''Billboard'' country charts, according to historian Joel Whitburn's book ''The Top 40 Country Hits''. In 1976, she was inducted into the Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
