Melba Montgomery, folksy master of country music duets, dies at 86

Melba Montgomery, a country singer and songwriter whose Southern inflections and high harmonies brought a distinctive ...
The New York Times

Melba Montgomery, Country Singer Known for Her Duets, Dies at 86

Her high harmonies put an emotional charge into her work with George Jones and others. She also had solo hits, including “No Charge,” a country No. 1. By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1938, the Hit-Making Duet Partner of George Jones Who Wrote Songs for Randy Travis, George Strait, and Your Favorite Country Legends

On this day in 1938, Melba Montgomery was born in Iron City, Tennessee. She was best known as a duet artist early in her career. However, she found solo fame in the mid-1970s with a series of hit ...
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Melba Montgomery, Country Singer Known for Duets, Dies at 86: 'Incredibly Talented, Kind and Generous Woman'

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Jan. 15, her daughter, Melissa Solomon Barrett, confirmed the news of her death Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Country singer Melba Montgomery has died at the age of 86 ...