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May 28, 2015

Starry Eyes & Honky Tonk Angels: How Women Originally Won Equality in Country Music

The last week of May in 2015 will be one to remember in the history of country music after the comments made by industry radio consultant Keith Hill to Country Aircheck on Tuesday (5-26) stirred quite the controversy. Mr. Hill insisted that if country radio stations wanted to increase their ratings, they needed to yank female performers from the airwaves…

Goldie Hill, Hank Thompson, Keith Hill, Kitty Wells, Maddie & Tae, Miranda Lambert, Molly O' Day, Patsy Montana, Rose Maddox, The Maddox Brothers & Rose

June 12, 2013

1952: Country Music’s Original “Year Of The Woman”

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The general consensus amongst country music pundits in 2013 is that we are in the midst of the ‘Year Of The Woman.’ But this isn’t the first year in country when the women deserved the lion’s share of attention. Rose Maddox of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, Goldie Hill, and the woman who would later rise to be known as the Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells became pioneers for women in country.

Dolly Parton, Goldie Hill, Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, Maddox Brothers & Rose, Molly O' Day, Moonshine Kate, Patsy Cline, Patsy Montana, Rose Maddox, Tammy Wynette, The Carter Family