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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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What college did jazz performer and composer Don Redman attend?
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This country singer, who grew up in Hinton, had hits such as “Then and Only Then,” "Nobody but a Fool (Would Love You)," “The Hurtin’s All Over,” “Cincinnati, Ohio,” “and Just One Time."
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Which one of the following songs did Boone County native Billy Edd Wheeler NOT write or cowrite?
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Ida L. Reed of Barbour County was best known for writing this style of music.
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What West Virginian had a country hit with "Lonesome 7-7203?"
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What Wheeling native has won Grammy Awards for best folk (2006) and bluegrass (2014) albums?
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This musician went by the nickname "Piano Man."
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame member started a degree program in bluegrass at Glenville State.
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