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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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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame member was the half-sister of Bessie Smith, known as the "Empress of the Blues."
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In 2011, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. received national acclaim after winning this TV contest.
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This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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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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Ida L. Reed of Barbour County was best known for writing this style of music.
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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