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    ^/iivs? RECORDS TAMMY WYNETTE Winner of a 1967 Grammy Award for her Epic single "I Don't Wanna Play House," Tammy Wynette has emerged as one of Country music's most popular young female vocalists. As a soloist, she has a number of hits to her credit, including "Apartment #9" (her first Epic recording), "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" and "Take Me to Your World." As part of the David Houston-Tammy Wynette duo, the pert singer recorded the single "My Elusive Dreams," which was voted by 'jrade publications one of the Top Country singles of 1967. Their album by the same title rose high on the charts. The current Houston-Wynette release, "It's All Over," which was taken from the "My Elusive Dreams" LP. is among the Top Ten on Country charts. Tammy was born in a small town 30 miles north of Tupelo, Mississippi, right on the Alabama line. Her father, who was a professional musician, died when she was a child, necessitating her mother's move to Birmingham, where she worked in an airplane factory. Tammy lived with her grandparents until she was thirteen. "Life was very 'Billie Joe-ish'," she recalls. "That song is so descriptive of country people in that area, and we lived way out in the country. Press and Public Information / 51 West 52 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 / Telephone (212) 7654321