In , Wynonna, Naomi and younger half-sister Ashley Judd settled in Franklin, Tennessee and began searching for a record deal in nearby Nashville. In , an unprecedented sit-down audition with RCA Nashville was successful, and indicated great things to come for country's newest duo The Judds.
Several years and awards later, Naomi announced that she had contracted Hepatitis C during her nursing career from a needle stick. Their final concert on December 4, indicated an end to country music's most influential duo, and a beginning for someone who would break new records within the industry. Wynonna's first solo album, 'Wynonna', sold over 5 million copies, a first in the industry. Today, Wynonna continues her successful recording career along with raising children Elijah Judd and Grace Pauline from her first marriage to Nashville's Arch Kelley.
Sign In. Edit Wynonna Judd. Showing all 17 items. Charles Jordan, her biological father, died on August 10, in Louisa, Kentucky. He was Born in Ashland, Kentucky, Naomi learned she was pregnant with Wynonna at age 17 and gave birth two weeks before her high school graduation ceremony. She moved to California and had a second daughter, actress Ashley Judd. After her marriage disintegrated, Naomi enrolled in nursing school in Berea, Kentucky, and moved herself and the girls to the tiny nearby community of Morrill.
They were all coal-mining songs. Their songs were not just a balm between the two of us, but they were teaching Wynonna the history of country music. Wynonna was 18 years old. Joe remembers me taking my guitar out of its case just like it was a gun in a holster. Wynonna learned to play guitar after receiving one as a gift and was soon singing close harmony with her mother. By the time she was a teenager, her vocal talents were apparent, and in , the family moved to Nashville to try their luck in the music business.
Wynonna wasn't always as career-minded as her mother, who effectively ran the group, and was growing ever more rebellious when, in , Naomi was diagnosed with hepatitis C; she retired from performing after a farewell tour in Wynonna was at first unsure whether she wanted to carry on without her mother but quickly decided to embark on a solo career, signing with MCA.
Her first album on her own, Wynonna , was released in and was an instant smash, selling over three million copies; it also topped the country charts, reached the Top Five on the pop side, and earned many positive reviews as well.
The tabloids had a field day, and more conservative country fans attacked her as being an immoral role model. Judd eventually married her son's father, Nashville businessman Arch Kelly, in , and that year she finally released her third album, Revelations. It was a more introspective affair that gave her a number one single in "To Be Loved by You" and eventually went platinum despite not producing any further Top Ten hits. For the follow-up, 's The Other Side , Judd refashioned her sound into a bluesy, rock-driven roots music blend that often recalled Bonnie Raitt.
It reached the country Top Five yet failed to sell a million copies for the first time in Judd 's solo career, prompting her to split with MCA and move to Mercury. By this point, Judd had also had a second child, but her marriage fell apart in ; instead of releasing another solo album right away, Judd reunited with her mother for a New Year's Eve concert to ring in the year They embarked on a full-fledged tour together in , and four new Judds songs were released on an exclusive bonus disc with Wynonna 's Mercury debut, New Day Dawning.
Her most eclectic effort to date and her first as a co-producer , the album featured covers of Joni Mitchell and the Fabulous Thunderbirds , and while it didn't spawn any major hit singles, it again climbed into the Top Five on the country album charts. Judd returned to her country roots in with What the World Needs Now Is Love , which found her reuniting on one track "Flies on the Butter" with her mother.
An album of covers and standards, Sing: Chapter 1 , appeared in
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