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Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain
American actor
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Bob McDill
Bob McDill
American musician
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Russell Smith
Russell Smith
American singer-songwriter
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Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton
American country music singer and television personality
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Jon Wolfe
Jon Wolfe
American country music singer-songwriter
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Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis
American country music singer and musician
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Vince Gill
Vince Gill
American country singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely
American actor, songwriter, country Western music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys (1914-1982)
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Andy Griggs
Andy Griggs
American country music artist
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Hank Williams
Hank Williams
American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer
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Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis
American country music singer-songwriter and actress
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Hank Locklin
Hank Locklin
American musician
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Jean Shepard
Jean Shepard
American singer
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Bob Wills
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
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Brandon Jenkins
Brandon Jenkins
American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma
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Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks
American country music singer
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Roy Clark
Roy Clark
American multi-instrumentalist musician
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Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless
American country music singer
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Luke Combs
Luke Combs
country music singer
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Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner
American recording artist; country singer, songwriter (1927-2007)
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Eric Church
Eric Church
American musician
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Mark D. Sanders
Mark D. Sanders
American musician
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Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
American country music artist and actress
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Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Popular country music singer-songwriter, Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee
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David Cook
David Cook
American musician
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Sammy Kershaw
Sammy Kershaw
American country musician
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Mel Street
Mel Street
American singer
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Chris Janson
Chris Janson
American singer
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The Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys
American band that plays country music
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Bruce Channel
Bruce Channel
American musician
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Bob Childers
Bob Childers
American singer-songwriter
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Billy Walker
Billy Walker
American country music singer and guitarist
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Roger Miller
Roger Miller
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (1936-1992)
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Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer
American pianist
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David "Stringbean" Akeman
David "Stringbean" Akeman
Banjo player
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Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins
American country music singer and actor
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Fred Rose
Fred Rose
American songwriter, Country Music Hall of Famer
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Faith Hill
Faith Hill
American country music singer
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Dottie West
Dottie West
American country music singer
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Red Foley
Red Foley
American musician
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Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist
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The Swon Brothers
The Swon Brothers
dup, famous for their appearance on the American television singing reality show "The Voice".
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Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Kix Brooks
Kix Brooks
American musician
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Josh Turner
Josh Turner
American singer-songwriter
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Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
American musician
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Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Paycheck
American musician
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J.J. Cale
J.J. Cale
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Willie Mack
Willie Mack
American singer
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Tebey
Tebey
country music singer
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Johnny Adams
Johnny Adams
American blues, jazz and gospel singer
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Toby Keith
Toby Keith
American country music singer and actor
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Kristy Lee Cook
Kristy Lee Cook
American musician
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Craig Morgan
Craig Morgan
American musical artist
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Connie Smith
Connie Smith
American country music artist
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Merle Kilgore
Merle Kilgore
American musician (1934-2005)
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Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
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Faron Young
Faron Young
American singer
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DeFord Bailey
DeFord Bailey
American country musician
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Hunter Hayes
Hunter Hayes
American country musician
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Mae Boren Axton
Mae Boren Axton
American composer
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Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn
American country music duo
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Wade Hayes
Wade Hayes
American country singer
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Jimmy C. Newman
Jimmy C. Newman
American singer
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Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter
American country musician
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Charley Pride
Charley Pride
American musician
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Justin McBride
Justin McBride
American bull rider
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Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
American guitarist and record producer
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
American country music singer
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Gary P. Nunn
Gary P. Nunn
American country music singer-songwriter
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Leon Russell
Leon Russell
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
Mel McDaniel
American country music artist

Mel McDaniel

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American country music artist
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Melvin Huston McDaniel (September 6, 1942 – March 31, 2011) was an American country music artist. Many of his top hits were released in the 1980s, including "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" (which reached number one on the country chart), "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll (Let It Rock)".

McDaniel's type of country music has been referred to as "the quintessential happy song" in comparison to other country artists who discuss broken hearts and lost loves. When asked why most of his songs are mostly positive, McDaniel told the Anchorage Daily News that "there's enough things in the world to keep you bummed out" and that his fans don't want to "hear me singing something that's gonna bum 'em out some more."