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In what city was country music star Hank Williams found dead on New Year's Day 1953?
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West Virginia Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Robert Drasnin was born in this city.
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what 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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In the 1930s and 1940s, this company's employees starred in their own national radio variety program.
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In 1966, this Kanawha County fiddler performed on the Grand Ole Opry, The Today Show, and at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival.
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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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On May 1, 1940, the city of Wheeling hosted a special day honoring this opera singer, who was born there.
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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