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These early country music stars from Kanawha County had hits such as Dust On the Bible" and "I Want to be Loved?"
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This singer and pianist earned the title "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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Mannington's Russ Fluharty was a master at playing this instrument.
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"John Hardy" is a famous folk song about a hanging in what coalfield city.
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This fiddler was named a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow, one of the highest national awards in the arts.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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What college did jazz performer and composer Don Redman attend?
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame pianist was originally from Jamaica, Queens, New York.
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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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What gospel group was founded in the West Virginia coalfields by Claude Jeter
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