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Amazing Rhythm Aces
Amazing Rhythm Aces
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Sawyer Brown
Sawyer Brown
American country music band
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Jesse Winchester
Jesse Winchester
American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer
3
Canaan Smith
Canaan Smith
American country singer
4
Buck Owens
Buck Owens
American country singer-songwriter
5
Huey "Piano" Smith
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
6
Granger Smith
Granger Smith
American musician
7
Paul Carrack
Paul Carrack
British musician
8
Don Williams
Don Williams
American country singer
9
Roland Orzabal
Roland Orzabal
English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer
10
Connie Smith
Connie Smith
American country music artist
11
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith
American singer-songwriter
12
Gary S. Paxton
Gary S. Paxton
American musician
13
Randy Travis
Randy Travis
American country music and gospel music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
14
Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf
American rock singer
15
Don Covay
Don Covay
American musician
16
Shenandoah
Shenandoah
American country music group
17
Lonestar
Lonestar
American country music group
18
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
American recording artist; country music singer, actor (1937-2008)
19
Brothers Osborne
Brothers Osborne
American country music duo
20
Max Martin
Max Martin
Swedish record producer and songwriter
21
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell
American musician
22
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner
American recording artist; country singer, songwriter (1927-2007)
23
George Hamilton IV
George Hamilton IV
singer
24
Russ Ballard
Russ Ballard
British musician
25
Jake Owen
Jake Owen
American country music singer
26
Journey
Journey
American rock band
27
Lee Brice
Lee Brice
American country singer
28
Delaney & Bonnie
Delaney & Bonnie
American husband and wife music duo
29
Bill Withers
Bill Withers
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Sigala
Sigala
English DJ, record producer and remixer
31
Darius Rucker
Darius Rucker
American singer-songwriter
32
Dallas Smith
Dallas Smith
Canadian musician
33
Rosco Gordon
Rosco Gordon
American Blues singer and songwriter
34
Freddie Jackson
Freddie Jackson
American singer
35
Justin Moore
Justin Moore
American country music singer and songwriter
36
Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
American musician
37
Russell Dickerson
Russell Dickerson
American country singer-songwriter
38
Michael Hardy
Michael Hardy
American country music singer and songwriter
39
Kix Brooks
Kix Brooks
American musician
40
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
British singer, songwriter and guitarist
41
Kane Brown
Kane Brown
American country music singer
42
Harlan Howard
Harlan Howard
American songwriter
43
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
English singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist and actor
44
Suzy Bogguss
Suzy Bogguss
American musician
45
MNEK
MNEK
English singer-songwriter and producer
46
Steve Perry
Steve Perry
American singer and songwriter
47
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
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Ace
Ace
British rock band
49
Kenny Young
Kenny Young
American songwriter
50
Thomas Rhett
Thomas Rhett
American country singer
Russell Smith
American singer-songwriter

Russell Smith

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Howard Russell Smith (June 17, 1949 – July 12, 2019) was an American country music singer-songwriter. Formerly the lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Smith launched a solo career in 1978 with his self-titled album Russell Smith.

Smith was born in Nashville and grew up in Lafayette, Tennessee. He was signed by Epic Records in 1988, and the music label released his debut album, This Little Town, the following year. His highest-charting single, "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight," peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1989. In 1993, Smith became the lead singer of bluegrass novelty group Run C&W.

Smith also found success as a songwriter, penning Number One songs for Randy Travis ("Look Heart, No Hands"), T. Graham Brown ("Don't Go to Strangers"), Don Williams ("Heartbeat in the Darkness"), and Ricky Van Shelton ("Keep It Between the Lines"). In addition, he wrote "Big Ole Brew" which became a No. 3 country music hit for Mel McDaniel in 1982.