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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 Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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This Charleston native received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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West Virginia Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Robert Drasnin was born in this city.
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This Fayette County native played guitar on several Bob Dylan albums and was music director of the TV show Hee Haw.
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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This country singer had hits such as "Giddyup Go," "Phantom 309," and "Teddy Bear."
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This Tucker County native was known as "America's Polka King?"
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Ida L. Reed of Barbour County was best known for writing this style of music.
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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