Claim: Ellen Muriel Deason, born on August 30, 1919 at Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., was active from 1936 to 2000 as an American female pop music singer.
Evidence: 1936–2000 Ellen Muriel Deason (30 August 1919 – 16 July 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. Wells was born Ellen Muriel Deason on 30 August 1919, one of six siblings, to Charles Cary Deason and his wife, Myrtle, in Nashville, Tennessee. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" would also be her first of several pop crossover hits. 
Ellen Muriel Deason (1919-08-30)August 30, 1919
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" would also be her first of several pop crossover hits. 1936–2000 Singer-songwriter