{"id":33028,"date":"2025-08-05T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=33028"},"modified":"2025-08-05T05:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:35:17","slug":"trailblazing-country-music-singer-jeannie-seely-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/08\/trailblazing-country-music-singer-jeannie-seely-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailblazing Singer Jeannie Seely Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeannie Seely, who played a pivotal role in transforming the image of women in country music, has died at the age of 85.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Country Music Association, Seely passed away on Friday in a Nashville-area hospice after succumbing to an intestinal infection.<\/p>\n<p>Seely made her debut at the iconic Grand Ole Opry in 1966 at the age of 25, going on to make a staggering 5,397 appearances at the venue \u2013 more than any other performer.<\/p>\n<p>She made history as the first woman to host the Opry show, and in 1985, became the first female to host a full half-segment of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her illustrious career, Seely recorded over a dozen Top 40 country hits, including the Grammy-winning \u201cDon\u2019t Touch Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Known for her confidence, wit, and trailblazing spirit, Seely was widely regarded as a feminist icon, championing equal opportunities for women in the male-dominated country music industry.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DM1ILvWS9b9\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trailblazing Country Music Singer Jeannie Seely Dies At 85","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":33029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3337],"tags":[9918,3500,7504,2334,3809],"class_list":["post-33028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-dont-touch-me","tag-grand-ole-opry","tag-jeannie-seely","tag-nashville","tag-opry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 13:51:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/chok.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/08\/trailblazing-country-music-singer-jeannie-seely-dies\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33030,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33028\/revisions\/33030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}