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有Queen of Country Music「鄉村歌后」美譽的女歌星Kitty Wells，，7月16日星期一早晨在家人陪伴下安詳的離開人世，享年92歲。
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Kitty Wells 1919年出生於田納西州Nashville，是一位傳奇鄉村歌手、作曲人與吉它手，1952年至1979年有81首鄉村歌曲排行榜暢銷曲。
Kitty Wells於1937年與後來成為他先生的Johnnie Wright一同踏入歌壇，1952年以It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels這首歌成為第一位在鄉村歌曲排行榜獲得冠軍的女歌手。
鄉村歌曲是美國南方地域性的流行歌曲，伴隨著班鳩琴、木吉他、小提琴與口琴等的伴奏，唱出歌謠與舞曲的內容，也擁有無數的愛好者。
1960年代起有很多鄉村歌曲同時也在流行歌壇受到歌迷們的喜愛，這些跨界的歌星包括：Glen Campbel、John Denver、Anne Murray與Kenny Rogers等。
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Kitty Wells
As I sit here tonight the jukebox playin'
The tune about the wild side of life
As I listen to the words you are sayin'
It brings memories when I was a trusting wife
It wasn't God who made Honky Tonk angels
As you said in the words of your song
Too many times married men think they're still single
That has caused many a good girl to go wrong
It's a shame that all the blame is on us women
It's not true that only you men feel the same
From the start most every heart that's ever broken
Was because there always was a man to blame
It wasn't God who made Honky Tonk angels
As you said in the words of your song
Too many times married men think they're still single
That has caused many a good girl to go wrong
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