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Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Tammy once said: "I spent 15 minutes writing ["Stand by Your Man"], and a lifetime defending it." She was born Virginia Wynette Pugh on May 5, 1942, on her grandfather's cotton farm in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Tammy picked cotton as a child, and as a young woman worked as a waitress, a doctor's receptionist, a barmaid and a shoe factory worker. Shortly before graduating high school, Tammy married high school sweetheart Euple Byrd, an itinerant construction worker who was unemployed more often than not. They were finally forced to live in an abandoned, 60-year-old, 3-room log cabin on a Mississippi farm with no indoor plumbing, no stove and only a wood-burning fireplace for cooking and heat. "Not even the poorest sharecropper would have paid to live there," Tammy noted, but it was rent-free. They had 3 daughters, Gwendolyn ("Gwen"), Jacquelyn ("Jackie"), and Tina. The marriage ended in divorce. Tammy still dreamed of becoming a singer. Then, after a short marriage to singer Don Chapel which ended in annulment, Tammy headed to Nashville to pursue a career as a singer in earnest. As a teenager, her fantasy had been to appear on stage with her singing idol, George Jones. In 1968, she married George Jones, creating a union that captured the imaginations of country music fans everywhere. For the next 7 years they lived, sang, wrote, recorded and performed in a romantic, stormy, much-publicized relationship. They had one daughter, Tamala Georgette, born in 1970. Many of Tammy's hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness, divorce and the difficulties of relationships, especially her signature song "Stand by Your Man," which she co-wrote with her producer Billy Sherrill. The beautiful, deeply-moving lyrics of the song go: "Stand by your man / And show the world you love him / Keep giving' all the love you can / Stand by your man." This song has sometimes been misinterpreted, by misinformed people, as meaning a woman should tolerate anything, even abuse, from her man. What it really is, is an affirmation of the vows to love and honor a spouse. Tammy defended the song, in her own words, as "an expression of triumph over adversity." Her recording of "Stand by Your Man" was the biggest selling single in the history of country music. Tammy's releases have made the #1 position in the charts 35 times. Tammy received awards far too numerous to list here, some highlights were being named Country Music Association "Female Vocalist of the Year" for 3 years straight, 1968-1970; (she would be inducted into CMA Hall of Fame in 1998). After her divorce in 1975, Tammy was briefly married to Nashville real estate executive Michael Tomlin. Finally, with singer-songwriter George Richey, she achieved a long-lasting marriage; they were married for 20 years, from 1978 until her death in 1998. "I've had a wonderful life," she said in a 1991 Associated Press interview. "I absolutely feel I've been blessed tremendously. I can't complain at all". In all, she had 5 daughters and one son. Tammy passed away in her sleep on Monday, April 6, 1998, in her beloved Nashville; she was 55. Tammy will be missed greatly by her fans all around the world.

Tammy was given the Nickname &quot;The First Lady Of Country Music&quot; after
becoming the first female country singer to sell a million copies of a
single album, which was &quot;Tammy&#39;s Greatest Hits&quot; in 1970.

&quot;Stand By Your Man&quot; was written when an additional song was needed for
a recording session.

Her song, &quot;Stand By your Man&quot; was voted the greatest country song, on
the 100 greatest country songs concert.

Children: daughters Gwen, Jackie (<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2081196/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Jackie Daly</a>), Tina and
Georgette (<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2082249/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Georgette Jones</a>), step-daughter Deirdre, and stepson
Kelly.

Named Female Vocalist of the Year Country Music Assn. 1968, 1969, 1970.

Found herself in the news in 1992 when First Lady <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0166921/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Hillary Clinton</a> declared, on
<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0123338/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">60 Minutes (1968)</a>, that she wasn&#39;t idly supporting her husband &quot;like some
little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette&quot;. Wynette objected
to the reference and Hillary apologized.

The remaining legal challenge resulting from Tammy&#39;s death was resolved
in a secret, out-of-court settlement between her four daughters and
Pittsburgh physician Dr. Wallis Marsh in April, 2002. The family was seeking
$50 million, claiming Dr. Marsh mismanaged their mother&#39;s case. They
also sued the pharmacy, Care Solutions of Nashville, for delivering the
painkiller and Wynette&#39;s last husband, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1187451/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">George Richey</a>, for helping to
administer it.

Tammy last performed &quot;Stand By Your Man&quot; on <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0145629/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Prime Time Country (1996)</a> on The
Nashville Network on March 9, 1998.

Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998.

Her duet with British pop act <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm3073814/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The KLF</a>, &quot;Justified and Ancient&quot;, hit #1 in
18 countries, her biggest career hit.

Scored 20 #1 hits on Billboard magazine&#39;s country singles chart, a
record that stood for many years.

Her marriage to Michael Tomlin lasted just 44 days.

Married Don Chapel and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0428126/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">George Jones</a> in Ringgold, Georgia.

Ranked #73 on VH1&#39;s Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

[2006] Archive Audio: &quot;The Tammy Wynette Story&quot; BBC Radio 2, 16th May
2006

Her widower, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1187451/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">George Richey</a>, married his girlfriend, ex-Dallas Cowboys
cheerleader Sheila Slaughter. <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0005210/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Tim McGraw</a> sang at the small gathering. The
best man was John Paul Daly, ex-husband of Wynette&#39;s daughter, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2081196/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Jackie Daly</a>. 16
January 2001).

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