Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette born Virginia Wynette Pugh was an American country music singersongwriter and one of country musics bestknown artists and biggestselling female singers She was called the First Lady of Country Music and her bestknown song Stand by Your Man is one of the bestselling hit singles by a woman in the history of country music Many of her hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness divorce and the difficulties of life and relationships During the late 1960s and early 1970s Wynette charted 23 No 1 songs Along with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton she is credited with having defined the role of women in country music during the 1970s Wynettes marriage to country music singer George Jones in 1969 which ended in divorce in 1975 created a country music couple following the earlier success of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash Jones and Wynette recorded a sequence of albums and singles that hit the charts throughout the 1970s and early eighties