Tammy Wynette

Hailed as the First Lady of Country Music, Tammy Wynette was a singer-songwriter whose success in the ’60s and ’70s helped forge a path for generations of other women in the genre.

∙ Wynette’s 1967 duet with country singer David Houston, “My Elusive Dreams”—written by her longtime songwriting collaborator, Billy Sherrill—was the first of her 20 No.

1 hits.