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

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Jan. 15, her daughter, Melissa Solomon Barrett, confirmed the news of her death ...

By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren writes about country music for The Times from Nashville. Melba Montgomery, one of the most distinctive country singers of her generation and an ...

Melba Montgomery, a country music songstress known for her duets, died at the age of 86. The singer’s most notable duets came ...

A country music singer known for her duets with George Jones, Gene Pitney and Charlie Louvin has died at the age of 86.

Montgomery's daughter, Melissa, reveals that the singer-songwriter battled dementia prior to her death. "It is with great sadness that we announce our family has lost our mother, Melba Montgomery ...

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, who sang with George Jones and others, passed away after battling dementia, her daughter announced.

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 ...

Melba Joyce Montgomery was born in Iron City, Tennessee, on Oct. 14, 1938, and spent most of her childhood in Florence, Alabama. Her father was a farmer, and her mother tended to the home and her ...