Heck Harper and his faithful steed “Jodie”

Heck Harper (Hector Vincent Flateau) (Sep. 20, 1919 – Nov. 2. 1998)

                     Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley)

                         (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963)

Cline was one of the most influential, successful and acclaimed female
vocalists of the 20th century. She died at age 30 at the height of her
career in a private plane crash that also took the lives of country stars
Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins.

Kitty Wells (Ellen Muriel Deason) (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012)

Wells ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of
Billboard‘s country charts, Her 1952 hit recording, "It Wasn’t God Who
Made Honky Tonk Angels", made her the first female country singer to
have a number-one hit. 

1956 publicity photo

When Decca Records offered 9 year old Brenda Lee a recording 
contract, her first record was "Jambayala" backed with "Bigelow
6–200".

Brenda Mae Tarpley will be 69 in December

         
       Bobby Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter)

Gentry is best known for her big hit “Ode to Billie Joe”
in 1967. She is one of the first female country artists
to compose  and produce her won material.