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On a warm night in June, 1949, with his first number one record spilling out of radios across the country, a frail young man walked onto the stage of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for his Grand Ole Opry debut. Behind him lay nearly a decade of struggle and rejection in pursuit of this goal; ahead, a little more than five years in the limelight. By 1953, literally worn out at twenty-nine, Hank Williams was gone. But he had given country music much of its standard repertoire, a new definition of stardom and a legend so enduring that he is still the model for countless singers and songwriters. |
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BAND / ARTIST |
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Hank Williams III |
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Jimmie Rodgers |
USA, Meridian - Mississippi |
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George Jones |
USA, Beaumont - Texas |
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Roy Acuff |
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Ernest Tubb |
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Merle Haggard |
USA, Bakersfield - California |
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Lefty Frizzell |
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The Carter Family |
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Buck Owens |
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Wayne Hancock |
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Willie Nelson |
USA, Abbott - Texas |
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Waylon Jennings |
USA, Littlefield - Texas |
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Kris Kristofferson |
USA, Brownsville - Texas |
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Patsy Cline |
USA, Winchester - Virginia |
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Loretta Lynn |
USA, Butcher Hollow - Kentucky |
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Hank Williams Jr. |
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Faron Young |
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Hank Snow |
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Webb Pierce |
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Dwight Yoakam |
USA, Pikeville - Kentucky |
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Townes Van Zandt |
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David Allan Coe |
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Woody Guthrie |
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Johnny Horton |
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Marty Robbins |
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Merle Travis |
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Johnny Cash |
USA, Kingsland - Arkansas |
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The Louvin Brothers |
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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys |
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Tennessee Ernie Ford |
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