Naomi Judd (born January 11, 1946) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.She was born Diana Ellen Judd to Charles Glen Judd and his wife Pauline (Oliver) Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station; her mother started out as a homemaker but later became a riverboat cook. Her first child, Christina Ciminella (later Wynonna Judd), was born when she was only 18. After the birth of her daughter Ashley (April 1968, who later became a film and stage actress) and the end of her marriage to Michael Ciminella, Judd brought up both daughters as a single parent, first going to nursing school but later beginning a successful singing career with daughter Wynonna.
Her second marriage was on May 6, 1989, to Larry Strickland of the Palmetto State Quartet. They have no children together.
A producer called Bristol Elementary last week asking if the school's honor choir would perform with Wynonna and Naomi Judd. "At first, they didn't know who ...
But first, before performing "Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues," Naomi Judd offered $100 to a man down front if he could name a Judds song. He couldn't. ...
Wynonna and Naomi Judd are back together, singing as The Judds, the mother-daughter duo who became one of the most storied and successful acts in country ...
On the back of the train with him this year, were Wynonna and Naomi Judd. Naomi was on the train back in 2005, and last year, Wynonna made her first trip on board. Being from a coal mining town in Kentucky, and as Naomi pointed out ...
Photo of the DayPosted by Country Girl on November 4th, 2010Naomi Judd will appear on a special episode of Celebrity Ask Dr. Oz. It will air tomorrow, Friday Nov. 5th. Dr. Oz brings out a special guest to help Naomi with [...] ...
Naomi Judd was first known to the world as half of country music's mother/daughter duo, The Judds. Reaching unprecedented success throughout the 80's and 90's, The Judds sold 20 million records, scored fourteen #1 hits and received over ...