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  2. List of country performers by era - Wikipedia

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    Susan Raye, Buck Owens' protégée who became a solo star with moderate success. Jim Reeves, crossover artist, invented Nashville Sound with Chet Atkins. Charlie Rich, '50s rock star who enjoyed greatest success in '70s country. Marty Robbins, one of the most popular artists in country music history. Named artist of the decade (1960–1969) by ...

  3. 1960 in country music - Wikipedia

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    No dates. Just four songs – five, if one counts " El Paso " by Marty Robbins, which spent five of its seven weeks at No. 1 in 1960 – ascend to the No. 1 spot on Billboard ' s Hot C&W Sides chart. Those songs – listed below – would spend 14, 14, 12 and 10 weeks at No. 1, compared to 10 No. 1 songs in 1959 and eight for all of 1961.

  4. List of country music performers - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their ... (1891–1960) Anita Carter (1933 ...

  5. List of Hot C&W Sides number ones of 1960 - Wikipedia

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    Contents. List of Hot C&W Sides number ones of 1960. Hank Locklin spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one with " Please Help Me, I'm Falling ". Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1960, five different songs topped the chart, which at the time ...

  6. Patsy Cline - Wikipedia

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    Musical artist. Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer from the state of Virginia. She is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to cross over into pop music. [ 6 ][ 7 ] Cline had several major hits ...

  7. List of Grand Ole Opry members - Wikipedia

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    Solo music artists make up 60 of the members, seven of whom have mostly retired from performing (Stu Phillips, Barbara Mandrell, Jeanne Pruett, Randy Travis, Ricky Van Shelton, Patty Loveless and Ronnie Milsap), but may make occasional appearances. Two of the members are stand-up comedians (Henry Cho and Gary Mule Deer).

  8. The Highwaymen (country supergroup) - Wikipedia

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    Willie Nelson. The Highwaymen was an American country music supergroup, composed of four of country music's biggest artists who pioneered the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Between 1985 and 1995, the group recorded three major label albums as The Highwaymen: two on Columbia Records ...

  9. Country music - Wikipedia

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    2024 in country music. Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing stories about working-class and blue-collar American life.