Tammy Wynette Biography

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Tammy Wynette’s life was something like a soap opera, country style. Born Virginia Wynette Pugh in May 1942 near Tupelo, Mississippi, the controversial and influential singer died in 2000 after years of health problems. Two of her most popular songs were at opposite ends of the social scale: "Stand By Your Man" and ‘D.I.V.O.R.C.E." The former was her only Top 40 pop hit, reaching No. 19, but she had a number of hits on the country charts, including at least twenty No. 1 singles besides the two above. In true country fashion, most of her songs dealt with either taking care of "your man" or ditching him. She wasn’t a stranger to either of those lifestyles. She married the first time at age seventeen, becoming a beautician, mothering three children and singing at night in local nightspots. Local success got her on the Porter Wagoner syndicated country show and then Nashville came into view. Since her construction worker husband did not share her musical vision, they divorced when she was 20. Wynette’s first hit was in 1966, "Apartment No. 9," and she followed it with "I Don’t Want To Play House". This storyline, about a child not playing with friends because of his parents’ unhappiness, was utilized in many of her songs, including "Bedtime Story" and "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." Married again, she divorced when her husband began trading nude photos of her. She then eloped with country superstar George Jones, subsequently bringing to life her biggest hit, "Stand By Your Man," which also was used in the movie "Five Easy Pieces" and became a No. 1 hit in the UK in 1975 after its reissue. "Stand" became a cause celebre for the feminist movement, which decried it because its lyrics tole women to stand by and support your man right or wrong. She later said all she wanted to do was produce a "pretty love song," and didn’t even think of the possible reaction insofar as women’s lib was concerned. Soon she and Jones were producing duets that soared to the top of country’s charts and made them both stars, individually as well as together. But their marriage ended, too, most likely with alcohol one of the reasons. (She once took his car keys to keep him from driving but he is said to have jumped on the electric lawnmower to make the trip to the nearest bar.) They divorced in 1975 but continued to team up occasionally, including the 1980 hit, "Two-Story House." Wynette's career was still hot in the late ‘70s but she also had affairs with a real estate agent that ended after a 44-day marriage, singer Rudy Gatlin and actor Burt Reynolds before marrying again. In 1978, she was kidnapped and brutally beaten outside a Nashville carpark and also began suffering from a stomach condition that resulted in several operations. She continued to record and tour through the ‘80s but while still a powerful performer, her career was slowly diminishing, even while keeping her songs on the country charts. She never made the pop charts again. "Stand By Your Man" has become a standard and has been recorded by a number of country and pop artists. Her autobiography became a television movie in 1981 and in 1986 she entered the Betty Ford clinic for treatment. That episode was turned into a single, "Alive and Well," In 1987 she appeared in a daytime soap opera, "Capital," and continued to tour. She recorded with English rock band KLF in 1991 and she later had a successful album in HIGHER GROUND. She died in 2000.

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