With a distinctive drawl and commanding vocals, Ms. Montgomery made her name in Nashville as a singer and songwriter of ...

Melba Joyce Montgomery was born on Oct. 14, 1938, in Iron City, Tenn., one of nine children of Norman and Willie Annie Mae (Cypert) Montgomery. Her father was a sharecropper — and later ...

Melba Montgomery has died. The country singer, best known for her duets with George Jones and Gene Pitney, passed away after a long battle with dementia, her family revealed in a Jan. 15 Facebook post ...

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Melba Montgomery, a country singer known for her duets with George Jones, Gene Pitney and Charlie Louvin, has died. She was 86. Her death was confirmed by her ...

Melba Montgomery, legendary country singer and George Jones collaborator, died Wednesday (Jan. 15) after a long battle with dementia. She was 86 years old. Montgomery’s daughter, Melissa Solomon ...

Country music legend Melba Montgomery has died, according to Taste of Country. The site reported that Montgomery died on Jan. 15. She was 86. Her daughter, Melissa Solomon Barrett, posted about ...

Melba Montgomery, a country singer and songwriter ... Her father was a farmer, and her mother tended to the home and her seven children. Melba's father gave fiddle and singing classes at a ...

Melba Montgomery, a country singer and songwriter whose Southern inflections and high harmonies brought a distinctive flourish alongside duet partners such as George Jones in ballads about ...