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  2. Al Hopkins - Wikipedia

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    Albert Green Hopkins (1889 – October 21, 1932) [1] was an American musician, a pioneer of what later came to be called country music; in 1925 he originated the earlier designation of this music as "hillbilly music", [2] though not without qualms about its pejorative connotation. [1] Hopkins played piano, an unusual instrument for Appalachian ...

  3. Appalachian music - Wikipedia

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    Peer applied the name to the band, and the success of the band's recordings led to the term "Hillbilly music" being applied to Appalachian string band music. [ 38 ] In 1927, Peer, then working for the Victor Talking Machine Company , held a series of recording sessions at Bristol, Tennessee that to many music historians mark the beginning of ...

  4. Hillbilly - Wikipedia

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    Elvis Presley was a prominent player of rockabilly and was known early in his career as the "Hillbilly Cat". When the Country Music Association was founded in 1958, the term hillbilly music gradually fell out of use. The music industry merged hillbilly music, Western swing, and Cowboy music, to form the current category C&W, Country and Western.

  5. Category:Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the ...

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    L. D. Heater Music Company; Larrivée (guitar company) Latin Percussion; A. Laubin; Leblanc (musical instrument manufacturer) Leedy Manufacturing Company; Levsen Organ Company; William Lewis & Son Co. Link Piano and Organ Company; Lollar Pickups; Lowrey organ; Ludwig Drums; Luis and Clark

  6. King Records (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Country Music from the Heart of the Country: Cecil Surratt and Smitty Smith 861 The World's Best Five String Banjo: Don Reno and Red Smiley 862 Hootenanny: America's Finest Folk Singing with 5-String Banjo: Various Artists 863 Teenage Love Songs: Trini Lopez: 864 The Country Folk Music Spotlight: The Stanley Brothers: 865 It Won't Be This Way ...

  7. DeFord Bailey - Wikipedia

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    Bailey played several instruments in his career but is best known for playing the harmonica, often being referred to as a "harmonica wizard". Bailey was born and raised in Tennessee, all his family played "black hillbilly" country and blues music and he learned how to play the harmonica and mandolin while recuperating from polio as a young ...

  8. Rockabilly - Wikipedia

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    Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South.As a genre, it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blues, [1] [2] leading to what is considered "classic" rock and roll. [3]

  9. Ernest Thompson (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Around this time, Thompson began honing his musical skills. [8] Music seemed a more preferable way to earn a living than what his training suggested, so he took to the streets as a musician, a career path followed by many blind virtuosos in the 1910s and 1920s, such as Andrew Jenkins , Reverend Gary Davis , Blind Lemon Jefferson , Ed Haley ...