Two years after Tammy Wynette released her controversial single, “Stand by Your Man”, the country star scored another No. 1 single that followed the same storyline (and received the same criticism).

Tammy Wynette wrote and performed a virtually endless stream of absolutely heartbreaking songs in her heyday. But there’s one song of hers that has always tugged at my heartstrings. That song is “I ...

Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired up with a lyricist named Bernie Taupin in 1967. Dwight adopted the stage ...

Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Tammy Wynette's life and times are surrounded by many bittersweetly imperfect realities. Among them was her death on April 6, 1998, one month ...

After creating nine studio albums together and delivering countless glimmering singles to country music's 70s and 80s golden era, Tammy Wynette and George Jones have long been regarded as one of the ...

The story Tyler Mahan Coe tells in Cocaine & Rhinestones: A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette is about how the two greatest singers in country music history balanced conservatism and ...

There’s a photo from the 1950s of country singer George Jones standing against a car, squinting into the sun. Maybe it’s the uncomfortable half-smile or the way the shadows are hitting his ...

The estate of Tammy Wynette’s fifth and final husband, George Richey, has sued Showtime and one of Wynette’s daughters over the “villainous” portrayal of Richey in the 2022 miniseries George and Tammy ...

The family of Tammy Wynette’s fifth husband, George Richey, is not happy with the way he was portrayed in the Showtime miniseries George & Tammy. Richey’s widow, Sheila Slaughter Richey, and her ...

(L-R): Jessica Chastain as Tammy Wynette and Michael Shannon as George Jones in "George & Tammy" Dana Hawley/Courtesy of SHOWTIME (UPDATED with Showtime statement) Tammy Wynette had a huge hit in 1968 ...

Tammy Wynette was considered “the voice” long before those words became the name of a current hit reality show. The singer could impressively sound fragile one moment, then let it rip the next, all ...

During the final weeks of her life, Tammy Wynette had her ex-husband on her mind. The country music star passed away in 1998 at age 55 of heart failure. She and George Jones, country music’s first ...