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What country music star began his career in the C-Notes band?
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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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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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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Monroe County's Henry Reed was most closely associated with this instrument.
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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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St. Albans native Tommy Thompson was a founding member of this band.
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This country musician ran a store opposite Wheeling's Capitol Theatre, where he performed regularly.
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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