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  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Country music - Wikipedia

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    Prior to this, virtually all country music, up until that point referred to as hillbilly music, lacked specific political alignment, and was instead focused on everyday problems and angst of the working class. [226] Merle Haggard's 1969 album Okie from Muskogee brought a staunchly political, conservative take on country music, which proved popular.

  5. Maddox Brothers and Rose - Wikipedia

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    Rose Maddox stated: "We were called hillbilly singers — not country — then. No, none of this country music then. People just called us hillbilly... People tell me that I was one of the first women to sing what I sang — country boogie. I guess I was. There was no rock 'n' roll in those early days, before 1955. Only country boogie.

  6. 1939 in country music - Wikipedia

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    The following songs achieved the highest positions in Billboard magazine's 'Hillbilly Hits' chart, supplemented by 'Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954' and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, [1] and other sources as specified, during 1939.

  7. Vassar Clements - Wikipedia

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    Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 [1] – August 16, 2005 [2]) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler.Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions. [3]

  8. Connie B. Gay - Wikipedia

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    Connie Barriot Gay (August 22, 1914 – December 3, 1989) was an American music entrepreneur who is renowned as a "founding father" and "major force" in country music.He is credited for coining the country music genre, which had previously been called hillbilly music.

  9. 1944 in country music - Wikipedia

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    In response to the growing popularity of Hillbilly (Country) music, The Billboard's "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart, began on January 8, 1944, but for reasons unknown, included "Race" records, despite a chart already existing for those. On September 2, race records were abruptly removed, including the two top records from the prior week.