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Grady Martin
Grady Martin
American musician
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Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton
American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, songwriter
2
Cowboy Copas
Cowboy Copas
American musician
3
Little Jimmy Dickens
Little Jimmy Dickens
American musician
4
Red Foley
Red Foley
American musician
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Uncle Dave Macon
Uncle Dave Macon
American musician (1870-1952)
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June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash
American singer, songwriter and actress (1929-2003)
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Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely
American actor, songwriter, country Western music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys (1914-1982)
9
The Browns
The Browns
American country and folk music vocal trio
10
Bill Carlisle
Bill Carlisle
American musician
11
Ernest Ashworth
Ernest Ashworth
American country singer
12
Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Jim & Jesse
Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
14
Carter Family
Carter Family
traditional American folk music group
15
Jim Salestrom
Jim Salestrom
American singer/songwriter (born 1956)
16
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Hawkshaw Hawkins
Hawkshaw Hawkins
American musician
18
Skeets McDonald
Skeets McDonald
American musician
19
George Hamilton IV
George Hamilton IV
singer
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Charlie Louvin
Charlie Louvin
American country music singer and songwriter
21
Sonny James
Sonny James
American musician
22
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
American musician
23
Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Paycheck
American musician
24
Jimmy C. Newman
Jimmy C. Newman
American singer
25
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
26
Eddy Arnold
Eddy Arnold
American country music singer, songwriter
27
Roy Clark
Roy Clark
American multi-instrumentalist musician
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Dick Nolan
Dick Nolan
Canadian singer
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Osborne Brothers
Osborne Brothers
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Jim Ed Brown
Jim Ed Brown
American musician
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Doug Kershaw
Doug Kershaw
American musician
32
Jim Reeves
Jim Reeves
American country singer
33
Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff
American country music singer and fiddler (1903-1992)
34
Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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Billy Walker
Billy Walker
American country music singer and guitarist
36
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley
American singer
37
Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
38
John Hartford
John Hartford
American singer-songwriter and musician
39
Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Popular country music singer-songwriter, Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee
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Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
American singer and songwriter of country music (1914-1984)
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Homer and Jethro
Homer and Jethro
band
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Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
43
Werly Fairburn
Werly Fairburn
American singer
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Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman
American folk music singer-songwriter
45
Johnny Shines
Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
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Bradley Kincaid
Bradley Kincaid
American singer
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Tom Russell
Tom Russell
American singer
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Carl Smith
Carl Smith
American musician
49
Hank Snow
Hank Snow
Country musician
50
Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
51
Earl King
Earl King
American songwriter and guitarist
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James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907 – July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, of which more than 300 were recorded by various musicians.