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Tammy Wynette
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Tammy Wynette was a Mississippi farm girl who became known as the First Lady of Country Music, and her signature song was "Stand by Your Man." She won the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year award three years running, from 1968 to 1970, and went into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998. She passed away on April 6, 1998.

Born
May 5, 1942
Hometown
Tremont, Mississippi
Country Music Hall of Fame
Inducted 1998

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