Jeannie Seely was a 12-year-old girl in rural Pennsylvania when she first heard Kitty Wells’ song “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” It was 1952, and Wells’ unlikely hit was climbing the ...
Kitty Wells' first hit was banned from NBC radio and the Grand Ole Opry -- before becoming a hit, of course. 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' was in response to a song about cheating women.