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Who was the first native West Virginian elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame?
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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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Mannington's Russ Fluharty was a master at playing this instrument.
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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This Tucker County native was known as "America's Polka King?"
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What famous country music star was born in Bolt (Raleigh County)?
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She was the first solo female country artist to have a number one hit for eight weeks straight, a record not broken for 50 years.
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What was Brad Paisley's first number one hit?
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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This musician went by the nickname "Piano Man."
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