The Judds ruled country music in the ’80s. This song was their second single, the first of a nearly unbroken string of 14 that reached No. 1 on the country charts from 1984 through 1989. The mother-daughter duo ended in 1991, when Naomi was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and retired.
Musically Wynonna’s husky, bluesy voice was the attraction, and she went on to a long solo career, but on stage and off it was Naomi’s bubbly personality that sold the act. After she quit music, except for a few brief reunions with her daughter, she turned to TV work, acting and motivational writing. All the while she suffered from periods of debilitating depression, and her daughters attributed her April 30 death to mental illness; sources confirmed to People magazine that she took her own life. She was 76.
