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    • Aug 30, 1919
    Muriel Deason is born in Nashville. Known publicly as Kitty Wells, her 1952 single "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" is the hallmark of a Hall of Fame career that brings her 13 years of hits and the nickname the Queen of Country Music
    Dec 25, 1935
    Kitty Wells meets her future husband and manager, Johnny Wright, for the first time at his sister's house
    Oct 30, 1937
    Johnny Wright marries Kitty Wells in Franklin, Kentucky. Given that the event occurs Halloween Eve, Wright frequently tells friends: "Kitty didn't know whether she got tricked or treated--maybe she got spooked"
    Oct 27, 1939
    Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have their first child, Ruby Jean Wright
    Mar 30, 1942
    Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have a son, Bobby Wright, delivered in Charleston, West Virginia. He has a minor hit in 1971 with "Here I Go Again" and takes a role in the TV show "McHale's Navy"
    Jul 8, 1945
    Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have a daughter, Carol Sue, their third child
    Apr 3, 1948
    KWKH debuts "The Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport, Louisiana. Artists in the opening lineup include Kitty Wells and Johnny & Jack. The show becomes a launching pad for such acts as Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and Webb Pierce
    Jul 31, 1948
    Country music appears on national television for the first time, with a show taped at Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall. Kitty Wells, Eddy Arnold and Johnny & Jack are beamed to five cities
    Jan 31, 1949
    Kitty Wells holds the first recording session of her career, beginning with "Death At The Bar," for RCA Records at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. She shares the session with Johnnie & Jack, which includes her husband, Johnny Wright
    Mar 27, 1950
    Kitty Wells records "How Far Is Heaven" at Brown Radio Productions in Nashville. An early staple of her live shows, the song is re-recorded five years later as a duet with daughter Carol Sue Wright
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