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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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Cozy Records, one of the most successful companies of its kind in West Virginia, was located in this town.
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Old-time musician Dwight Diller spent years documenting and teaching others about this musical Pocahontas County family.
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Mannington's Russ Fluharty was a master at playing this instrument.
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What Huntington native died in the same plane crash that killed country music legend Patsy Cline?
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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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Kenova's Michael W. Smith is one of the best-selling artists in this type of music.
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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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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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"The Wreck on the C&O" is a folk song about a deadly train wreck near which city?
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