Tammy Wynette

Virginia Wynette Pugh (usually known as Tammy Wynette, May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998), was an American country music singer. She was born in Mississippi.

Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette in 1975
Background information
Birth name	Virginia Wynette Pugh
Born	(1942-05-05)May 5, 1942
Origin	Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States
Died	April 6, 1998(1998-04-06) (aged 55) Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, actress
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1966 – 1998
Labels	Epic (1966 – 1998) MCA (1995)
Website	Tammy Wynette Official Site

The best-known of her songs is "Stand by Your Man". She had 17 number-one hits during her career.

She died of pulmonary thrombosis.

Personal life

Wynette was married 5 times. Her third husband was George Jones, also a singer of country music.

Discography

Singles

• "Stand by Your Man" (1968)

Studio albums

• Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (1967)
• My Elusive Dreams (with David Houston) (1967)
• Take Me to Your World / I Don't Wanna Play House (1968)
• D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968)
• Stand by Your Man (1969)
• Inspiration (1969)
• The Ways to Love a Man (1970)
• Tammy's Touch (1970)
• The First Lady (1970)
• Christmas with Tammy (1970)
• We Sure Can Love Each Other (1971)
• We Go Together (with George Jones) (1971)
• Bedtime Story (1972)
• Me and the First Lady (with George Jones) (1972)
• My Man (1972)
• We Love to Sing About Jesus (with George Jones) (1972)
• Let's Build a World Together (with George Jones) (1973)
• We're Gonna Hold On (with George Jones) (1973)
• Another Lonely Song (1974)
• Woman to Woman (1974)
• George & Tammy & Tina (with George Jones and Tina Byrd) (1975)
• I Still Believe in Fairy Tales (1975)
• 'Til I Can Make It on My Own (1976)
• Golden Ring (with George Jones) (1976)
• You and Me (1976)
• Let's Get Together (1977)
• One of a Kind (1977)
• Womanhood (1978)
• Just Tammy (1979)
• Only Lonely Sometimes (1980)
• Together Again (with George Jones) (1980)
• You Brought Me Back (1981)
• Soft Touch (1982)
• Good Love & Heartbreak (1982)
• Even the Strong Get Lonely (1983)
• Sometimes When We Touch (1985)
• Higher Ground (1987)
• Next to You (1989)
• Heart Over Mind (1990)
• Honky Tonk Angels (with Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn) (1993)
• Without Walls (1994)
• One (with George Jones) (1995)

Related pages

• List of country musicians from Mississippi

Other websites

• Tammy Wynette official website