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Country MusicSlide2
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Original Origins

Irish folk music played in the Appalachian Mountain region Slide4
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Country Music’s First National Hit

“Wreck of the Old ‘97” by Vernon DalhartSlide6

Foundation of Country Music

Jimmie Rodgers

Carter FamilySlide7

Jimmie Rodgers

Nicknamed the “Father of Country Music”

Blue Yodel #1 (“T For Texas”)

established him as the premier singer of early country musicSlide8

Carter Family

Known as the “First Family of Country Music”

Known for

Single Girl, Married Girl

Financial success was limited because of the Great DepressionSlide9
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Gene Autry

Nicknamed “The Singing Cowboy”

Signature song was “Back in the Saddle Again”

Also known for his Christmas songs including

Here Comes Santa Claus

(which he wrote),

Frosty the Snowman

and

Rudolph the Red Nosed ReindeerSlide11
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Bob Wills

Known as the “King of Western Swing”

Originally known as part of the Light Crust Doughboys

Group was named after a sponsor called Light Crust Flour

Greatest success came as the leader of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

One of their biggest hits was

San Antonio RoseSlide13
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Bill Monroe

Original success came with the Monroe Brothers

Biggest hit is

Uncle Pen

Many of his songs were religious and based on the Bible

Set the standard for the style of bluegrass with his masterful mandolin playing and sad lonesome style

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Flatt & Scruggs

Left Bill Monroe’s group to get away from the constant touring

Formed the Foggy Mountain Boys

The name comes from a Carter Family song called “

Foggy Mountain Top

”

Two of their biggest hits are

Foggy Mountain Breakdown

and

The Ballad of Jed

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Hank Williams

Won a singing contest with an original song when he was 14

His song “

Lovesick Blues

” brought him national fame

Went on to have 11 #1 hits including “

Your

Cheatin

’ Heart

”, “

Hey, Good

Lookin

’

” and “I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry

”

His hit “

I’ll Never

Get out

of this World Alive

” was released just before he died of a heart attack, brought on by drinking, on New Years Day 1952Slide19
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Patsy Cline

Some of her biggest hits are “

Walking After Midnight

” and “

I Fall to Pieces

”

Died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963 in TennesseeSlide21
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Willie Nelson

Album

Red Headed Stranger

was a concept album about a preacher on the run after he killed his wife

Helped the career of

Charlie Pride

find success by including him in his shows in the deep south

Some of his biggest hits are

On the Road Again

,

To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before

, and

Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be CowboysSlide23
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Charlie Pride

2

nd

African American in the Country Music Hall of Fame (The first was

DeFord

Bailey, a harmonica player in the 20’s and 30’s)

Biggest hits were

I Can’t Believe You Stopped Loving Me

and

Kiss an Angel Good

Mornin

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Johnny Cash

Known as “The Man in Black”

Is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame

Married June Carter (of the Carter Family)

Some of his biggest hits include

Folsom Prison Blues, A Boy Named Sue,

and

I Walk the LineSlide27
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Garth Brooks

Went to Nashville in 1985 searching for a recording contract, but was denied

First album,

Garth Brooks

, was certified diamond (sold 10 million copies)

Some of his biggest hits include

The Dance

,

Standing Outside the Fire,

and

Friends in Low Places

Greatest selling country music artist of all timeSlide29
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Grand Ole Opry

Began as a weekly radio broadcast

“Country’s Most Famous Stage”

Grand Ole

Opry

membership is the biggest honor many country stars could possibly achieve