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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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This singer and pianist earned the title "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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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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This Mercer County native wrote the song "West Virginia, My Home."
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West Virginia Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Robert Drasnin was born in this city.
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In the 1930s and 1940s, this company's employees starred in their own national radio variety program.
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Lincoln County's Elaine Purkey wrote this labor anthem.
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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This Huntington musician was one of the stars of the Harlem Renaissance, performing with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and Marian Anderson.
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