It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
1952 song performed by Kitty Wells / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" is a 1952 country song written by J. D. "Jay" Miller, and recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an answer song to the Hank Thompson hit "The Wild Side of Life." First performed by Al Montgomery as "Did God Make Honky Tonk Angels" on the Feature label which was owned by songwriter J.D. Miller.[1]
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"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | ||||
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Single by Kitty Wells | ||||
B-side | "I Don't Want Your Money, I Want Your Time" | |||
Released | June 23, 1952 (United States) | |||
Recorded | May 3, 1952 | |||
Studio | Castle Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:38 | |||
Label | Decca 28232 | |||
Songwriter(s) | J. D. "Jay" Miller | |||
Producer(s) | Paul Cohen | |||
Kitty Wells singles chronology | ||||
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The song — which blamed unfaithful men for creating unfaithful women[2] — became the first No. 1 Billboard country hit for a solo woman artist. In addition to helping establish Wells as country music's first major woman star, "It Wasn't God..." paved the way for other women artists, particularly Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette and Jean Stafford (Australia),[2] and songs where women call out unfaithful men.
In 1998, the 1952 recording of the song by Wells on the Decca label was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[3]
It was preserved by the National Recording Registry in 2007.