Classic Country Singers
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ISBN: 1423601831 / Publisher: Gibbs Smith, August 2008
Country music may have existed before 1925-in barn dances, roadside taverns, tent shows, minstrel sh...
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Country music may have existed before 1925-in barn dances, roadside taverns, tent shows, minstrel shows, and vaudeville-but it didn't become Country Music until the advent of radio and new stars were born. In Classic Country Stars, author Douglas B. Green (a.k.a. Ranger Doug from the Grammy-winning western group Riders in the Sky) celebrates the men and women who built the industry that gave us "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Blue Yodel," "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," and the Grand Ole Opry.
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