She worked a variety of jobs and in 1963 she attended beauty school in Tupelo, Mississippi and obtained a cosmetology license, that she would continue to renew every year for the remainder of her life. Her next single, "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," became a big hit, peaking at number 3. Once she was out of the coma she underwent an intestinal bypass operation. "Bedtime Story" (1971), "My Man (Understands)" (1972), "'Till I Get it Right" (1972), and "Kids Say the Darndest Things" (1973). A month before her graduation she married her first husband, Euple Byrd, who was a construction worker and had difficulty keeping a job, which caused them to move frequently. She became the voice for the character Tilly Hill in the animated television series "King of the Hill" until her death. In 1998, following her death, she was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Gwendolyn Lee ("Gwen") Byrd (born April 15, 1961), Jacquelyn Faye ("Jackie") Byrd (born August 2, 1962) and Tina Denise Byrd (born March 27, 1965). It would launch a string of Top Ten hits that would go into the 1970s, that included "My Elusive Dreams" (1967, her first number one hit, a duet with David Houston), "I Don't Wanna Play House' (which won a Grammy award in 1967 for Beat Female Country Vocal Performer), "Take Me to Your World" (1968), "D-I V-O-R-C-E" (1968), "Stand by Your Man" (1968, for which she won the 1969 Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance), "Singing My Song" (1969), and "The Ways to Love a Man" (1969). She was often referred to as the "First Lady of Country Music" and is best remembered for her song "Stand by Your Man," one of the best-selling singles by a woman in the country music industry. Then it was changed by her husband to Virginia Richardson. Paula Canny, the attorney representing Wynette's kids, tells the National Enquirer, "Tammy Wynette would roll over in her grave if she knew what had happened.
Her last number 1 hit came as a duet with George Jones in 1977 titled "Near You." In 1969 she married country singer George Jones, with whom she had a daughter, and recorded duets with him that became Top Ten hits, including "The Ceremony" (1972), "We're Gonna Hold On" (1973), and "Golden Ring" (1975). The Wynette house is used as a Youth Center as well as a guest house. After being rejected by several record companies she auditioned for record producer Billy Sherrill, who was originally reluctant to sign her but was in need of a singer for "Apartment No. She, along with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, set the standards for the role of women in country music during the 1970s. 2701, citing Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
Two singles, "Your Love," and "Talkin' to Myself Again" released from the album reached the Top 20 on the Country charts and a third single "Beneath a Painter Sky," a duet with Emmylou Harris, reached number 25 in early 1988, which would be her final Top 40 country single. In 2015, Georgette Jones, the daughter of George Jones & Tammy Wynette, was able to restore it back to Tammy Wynette. 9" became her first single released in December 1966 and it peaked at number 44 on the Country charts. Along with In 1981, a TV movie about Wynette's life was aired called Beginning in the early 1980s, however, her chart success began to wane, though, she did continue to have top-20 hits during this period, including "Wynette also designed and sold her own line of jewelry in the 1990s. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Her last number 1 hit came as a duet with George Jones in 1977 titled "Near You."
She would win the Country Music Association Awards' Female Vocalist of the Year" in 1968 through 1970 and held the record for the most consecutive wins for this category until 1987, when famed singer Reba McEntire won it for the fourth consecutive time.