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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 was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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This Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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Mannington's Russ Fluharty was a master at playing this instrument.
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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"Salt Pork, West Virginia" tells the story of musician Louis Jordan's arrest in this city.
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