Kitty Wells | 1919 - 2012

Kitty Wells, right, onstage with fellow legends Brenda Lee, left, and Loretta Lynn rehearsing for the Country Music Assn. awards show.  (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)

Kitty Wells accepts the Living Legend award at the TNN Music City News Country Awards show in Nashville as presenter Dolly Parton looks on.   (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)

Kitty Wells, third from left, joins fellow country music luminaries in cutting the ribbon to open the new Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. From left are the late Earl Scruggs, MCA Records executive Bruce Hinton, Wells, Charley Pride, Brenda Lee and Marty Stuart.   (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)

Kitty Wells with Loretta Lynn, left, at the BMI Country Awards.  (Rusty Russell / Getty Images)

A display case at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum highlights the 1968 album “We’ll Stick Together” that Kitty Wells made with her husband, Johnnie Wright.   (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)