In 1969, Linda Martell made history as the first African-American female country artist to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and made 12 appearances on the show. She also made appearances on the famous country music variety show Hee-Haw. 🎶 Listen to "Sun Records Celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth" here: https://sunrecords.lnk.to/BlackHistoryMonth | Sun Records

In 1969, Linda Martell made history as the first Black female country artist to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and made 12 appearances on the show. She also made appearances on the famous country music variety show Hee-Haw. In 2024, she was featured on Beyoncé's album "Cowboy Carter" which won Recording Academy / GRAMMYs Awards for Album of the Year and Best Country Album. 🎶 Listen to Linda's album "Color Me Country" here: https://SunRecords.lnk.to/ColorMeCountry70 | Sun Records

Linda Martell made history as the first African-American female country artist to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and made 12 appearances on the show. She also made appearances on the famous country music variety show Hee-Haw. Martell charted three singles on Billboard’s Hot Country charts, including “Color Him Father,” which peaked at No. 22 in September 1969. The song was the highest charting song on the chart by an African-American female. Her album "Color Me Country", released in 1970, peaked

This year at the 2021 CMT Music Awards, we honored country music pioneer, Linda Martell with the CMT Equal Play Award for being a trailblazer for artists of color in country music. Congrats from CMT and SeeHer! #SeeHer Hear Her | CMT