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Brittany Wells Brittany Wells BiographyBorn in England to parents Andrea and Captain John Wellsfry, a U.S. Air Force Fighter pilot, firstborn Brittany was named in honor of her place of birth. The family lived in England until Brittany was two years old at, which time John Wellsfry had completed his tour of duty and returned his young family to their roots in Wichita Falls, Texas, where Brittany spent her formative years.
Brittany, like most children, enjoyed belting out songs. Given the opportunity, any young child will break out in song for their family, but throw a few strangers in the mix and most will clam-up; not so with Brittany. With any audience she rose to the occasion and showed a natural affinity for performance with a voice to match. From those early experiences she was encouraged by family and friends who would say, "You should be a recording artist." Inspired by their words, Brittany followed a similar path as those before her by studying piano and voice and practicing to every song on the radio.
As Brittany entered elementary school she picked up a new passion when she learned to play tennis. She began playing at competition level which required intense practice. Those daily hours of tennis and fitness training gave her an understanding that hard work and commitment are the only sure path to success whatever your goal may be. Her talent in tennis allowed her to travel extensively throughout the United States and earned her a USTA (United States Tennis Association) national ranking until the age of fourteen, when her love of singing and entertaining surpassed her love of tennis.
Finding opportunities to sing for a live audience became as much a challenge as the task itself. Her vocal coach at the time suggested she try her hand in the Miss Teen Texas America pageant. This organization provides numerous opportunities for its title holders to make personal appearances, speaking engagements, talent performances and tons of television and print interviews. In 2002, Brittany won the title of Miss Teen Texas. She spent a year making personal appearances, fulfilling speaking and singing engagements as well as the interviews that come with those opportunities.
The obvious next step for an aspiring young country singer, Brittany began making trips to Nashville looking for some kind of break. She shortened her name from Wellsfry to Wells and through the course of working with various producers began to understand her own sound and focused on creating just that. Not one to waste any time, as Brittany puts it "either through fate or stubborn luck, I was introduced to Nashville producer and songwriter, Wyatt Easterling." The result was a debut single and video, "From Harm’s Way", (a heart felt view of the day to day wait for the safe return of a loved one from war), and a fourteen song album titled, "Loving Every Minute of It" on Nashville based Spindletop Records.
Brittany’s single/video Somebody’s Somebody showcases her capacity to have fun and take over the music charts all at the same time. The playful lyric and intriguing video, has cast its spell on radio listeners and video viewers from coast to coast. The often critical Robert K. Oermann of Music Row Magazine said of Brittany’s current single, "Too Long is a highly melodic ballad…. I was quite fond of her up-tempo debut. Her subtle vocal shadings here confirm my initial impression that she‘s a talent to be reckoned with. " Radio agreed. Too Long is currently racing up the country charts taking this beautiful brown-eyed blonde straight to the top where she is destined to be. |
