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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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Curly Ray Cline played fiddle with this bluegrass band.
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"John Hardy" is a famous folk song about a hanging in what coalfield city.
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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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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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Roane County's Squire Parsons Jr. wrote this contemporary gospel classic.
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Keyser native Jack Rollins did NOT co-write which of these songs?
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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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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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This Boone County crooner was known for offbeat songs such as "Chicken Walk."
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