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100 Greatest Women, #73: Melba Montgomery

April 21, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

100 Greatest Women #73 Melba Montgomery Ask most contemporary country fans about who George Jones sang all of those classic duets with, and they’ll say Tammy Wynette. Ask a fan with a deep love for

100 Greatest Women, #74: Shelby Lynne

April 20, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 10

100 Greatest Women #74 Shelby Lynne She was only eighteen years old when she scored a major label record deal, but Shelby Lynne had already had enough life experience to be a convincing singer of

100 Greatest Women, #75: Sharon and Cheryl White

April 19, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Women #75 Sharon and Cheryl White (The Whites) One of the coolest success stories of the eighties. The Whites are a family bluegrass group made up of father Buck and daughters Sharon and

100 Greatest Women, #76: SHeDaisy

April 18, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 14

100 Greatest Women ong> #76 SHeDaisy When SHeDaisy hit the scene in 1999, they seemed like a quirky pop-country hybrid, two parts Shania Twain and one part Dixie Chicks. From the beginning, they were used

100 Greatest Women, #77: Helen Cornelius

April 17, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 9

100 Greatest Women #77 Helen Cornelius The grand tradition of the male-female duet is a long and storied one in country music history. Porter & Dolly. Johnny & June. Loretta & Conway. If you look

100 Greatest Women, #78: Goldie Hill

April 16, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #78 Goldie Hill The feminist ideal is often described as freedom of choice. It’s interesting to think about that ideal when considering the career of Goldie Hill. In the early fifties, she

100 Greatest Women, #79: Margo Smith

April 15, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 7

100 Greatest Women #79 Margo Smith One of the long-held beliefs in the country music industry was that a woman couldn’t be too sexual with her image. If she did, the female audience that made

100 Greatest Women, #80: Jessi Colter

April 14, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #80 Jessi Colter The original female outlaw. Jessi Colter has been immortalized as the only female on the legendary country album Wanted: The Outlaws, where she shared billing with Willie Nelson, Tompall

100 Greatest Women, #81: Deana Carter

April 13, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #81 Deana Carter An overnight sensation, more than a decade in the making. Deana Carter was born in 1966, the daughter of legendary country session guitarist Fred Carter, Jr. She developed a

100 Greatest Women, #82: Marie Osmond

April 12, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 8

100 Greatest Women #82 Marie Osmond “I’m a little bit country…” Those words were sung by Marie Osmond when she opened her variety show with her brother, Donny & Marie, during their four-year stint on