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Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
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Cheryl Wheeler
female folk singer and songwriter from the USA
2
Red Foley
American musician
3
Johnnie Johnson
American musician
4
A. P. Carter
American country musician.
5
Judy Henske
American musician
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Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
7
Michael Martin Murphey
American singer-songwriter
8
Bradley Kincaid
American singer
9
Lily May Ledford
American musician
10
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
11
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
12
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
American musician and lawyer
13
Fred Foster
American record producer, songwriter, and music business executive
14
Grandpa Jones
banjo player and singer from the United States
15
Susan McKeown
Irish songwriter, folk singer and producer
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Danny Knicely
American country and bluegrass musician (born 1975)
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Kris Kristofferson
American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
18
Roy Clark
American multi-instrumentalist musician
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John McEuen
American musician
20
Ellis Paul
American singer-songwriter and musician
21
Johnny Gimble
American musician
22
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
American recording artist and television host (1919-1991)
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Clarence Ashley
American musician
25
Johnny Horton
American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, songwriter
26
Marty Stuart
American musician
27
Old Crow Medicine Show
Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
28
Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
29
Don Schlitz
American country singer-songwriter
30
Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
31
Johnny Rodriguez
American singer
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Johnny Rivers
American musician
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Billy Hill
American songwriter and lyricist
34
John D. Loudermilk
American singer and songwriter
35
Arthur Johnston
American composer
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Ernest Stoneman
American singer-songwriter
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Arthur Smith
American country musician, songwriter and producer
