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Grandpa Jones
Grandpa Jones
banjo player and singer from the United States
1
Bonnie Lou
Bonnie Lou
American rock and roll and country music singer
2
Lily May Ledford
Lily May Ledford
American musician
3
DeFord Bailey
DeFord Bailey
American country musician
4
Homer and Jethro
Homer and Jethro
band
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Red Foley
Red Foley
American musician
6
Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
American guitarist and record producer
7
EmiSunshine
EmiSunshine
American musician
8
Skeeter Davis
Skeeter Davis
American singer-songwriter
9
Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
10
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers
American actor and singer (1911-1998)
11
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
12
Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
American country music singer
13
Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle
American country music singer
14
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
15
Hank Williams
Hank Williams
American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer
16
Neko Case
Neko Case
American singer-songwriter
17
Les Paul
Les Paul
American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventor
18
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
19
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
American bluegrass-country singer-songwriter and musician
20
Glenn Close
Glenn Close
American actress
21
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
American rock singer-songwriter, musician and painter
22
Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
American country music artist and actress
23
Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
American mezzo-soprano opera singer
24
Gene Autry
Gene Autry
American actor and singer
25
Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
26
Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers
Australian country singer-songwriter and musician
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The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers
American rock band
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Carolyn (left) and Mary Jane Dezurik

The DeZurik Sisters (also known as The Cackle Sisters) were two of the first women to become stars on both the National Barn Dance and the Grand Ole Opry, largely a result of their original yodeling style.