The Essential Tammy Wynette (CD)

An American original and a genuinely legendary queen of country music for decades, Tammy Wynette was a cultural icon from the first minute anybody heard her version of "Stand By Your Man" on the radio. Over the rest of her lengthy career, she triumphed over a genuine soap-opera of a private life (including the highly public crackup of her marriage to another living country legend, George Jones), racked up scores of country hits (including "D-I-V-O-R-C-E, and "Bedtime Story") and even wound up appearing on KLF singles and collaborating with Sting. The First Lady of country, for sure.

• Category:  Music  »  Country  »  Nashville Sound
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• Release Date: March 30, 2004
• Label: Legacy Recordings
• UPC: 827969064528
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105907915
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #39251 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #85645 in Country (See Top 100 Country Bestsellers)
• #87 in Nashville Sound (See Top 100 Nashville Sound Bestsellers)

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Personnel inlcudes: Tammy Wynette (vocals); George Jones (vocals).

Producers: Billy Sherrill.

Compilation producer: Gregg Geller.

Recorded between 1966 & 1975. Includes liner notes by Holly George-Warren.

This is part of Epic/Legacy's The Essential Collection series.

While THE ESSENTIAL TAMMY WYNETTE covers ground made familiar by numerous other compilations of her work, it's impossible to go wrong with this spot-on collection of 14 country classics. Wynette was the progenitor of the female country sound of the 1960s and '70s, and became known, rightfully, as "The First Lady of Country Music." The blueprint she created--plaintive songs of love and heartache distinguished by the singer's throaty, emotional delivery--is on full display here.

Nine of the singles here hit number one on the country charts, including "I Don't Want to Play House," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," "The Ways to Love a Man" and, of course, her signature tune, "Stand by Your Man." The set is rounded out by early efforts like the excellent "Apartment #9," the fun, rockabilly-tinged "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," and "Take Me," her moving duet with then-husband George Jones. There's no filler here; the disc showcases only timeless gems. This ESSENTIAL collection is exactly that--a cornerstone of any country music library.

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