The country music encyclopedia
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| Acuff, Roy (Claxton) (b. 1903 d. 1992) | composer, country music singer |
| Alan, Buddy (b. 1948) |
| Allen, Rex (Elvey) (b. 1924) | country music singer, piano |
| Allen, Rosalie (b. 1924) | singer, guitar |
| Anderson, Bill [James William] (b. 1937) | bass (instrument), singer |
| Anderson, Lynn (Rene) (b. 1947) | country music singer |
| Anglin, Jack (b. 1916 d. 1963) | country music singer, guitar |
| Arnold, Eddy (b. 1918) | country music singer, guitar |
| Ashley, Clarence (b. 1895 d. 1967 a. 1920s) | mountain banjoist, singer |
| Ashley, Clarence "Tom" (a. 1920s) | mountain banjoist, singer |
| Ashworth, Ernie [Ernest Bert] (b. 1928) | singer, guitar |
| Atcher, Bob [Robert Owen] (b. 1914 d. 1993) | singer, guitar |
| Atkins, Chet [Chester Burton] (b. 1924) | guitar, rhthym guitar |
| Bailey, DeFord (b. 1899 d. 1982) | harmonica, country music star |
| Balsley, Philip E. (b. 1939) | singer |
| Bare, Bobby [Robert Joseph] (b. 1935) | singer, vocals |
| Beavers, Clyde (b. 1932) | singer, vocals |
| Bee, Molly (b. 1939) | country music singer |
| Belew, Carl (b. 1931 d. 1990) | singer, guitar |
| Belle, Lulu (b. 1913) | country music singer, guitar |
| Boggs, Dock (b. 1898 d. 1971) | singer, banjo |
| Bond, Johnny (b. 1915 d. 1978) | guitar, singer |
| Booth, Tony (b. 1943) |
| Bowman, Don (b. 1937) | comedian, guitar |
| Britt, Elton (b. 1912 d. 1972) | country music singer, yodeler |
| Brown, Jim Edward (b. 1934) | composer |
| Buffett, Jimmy (b. 1946) | country music singer, rock singer |
| Bush, Johnny (b. 1935) | honky tonk country singer |
| Butler, Carl (Robert) (b. 1927 d. 1992) | singer, guitar |
| Butler, Pearl (b. 1927 d. 1988) | singer, guitar |
| Campbell, Archie (b. 1914 d. 1987) | singer, vocals |
| Campbell, Glen (Travis) (b. 1936) | country music singer, guitar |
| Cargill, Henson (b. 1941) | country music singer, vocals |
| Carlisle, Bill (b. 1908) | guitar, hillbilly singer |
| Carlisle, Cliff [Clifford Raymond] (b. 1904 d. 1983) | blues singer, steel guitar |
| Carson, Fiddling John (b. 1868 d. 1949) | pioneer hillbilly fiddle player, recording artist |
| Carson, Martha (b. 1921) | singer, guitar |
| Carter, A.P. [Alvin Pleasant] (b. 1891 d. 1960) | country music singer |
| Carter, Maybelle Addington (b. 1909 d. 1978) | country music singer, guitar |
| Carter, Sara (b. 1898 d. 1979) | autoharp, country music singer |
| Carter, Wilf [Wilfred Arthur Charles] (b. 1904 d. 1996) | country music singer, vocals |
| Carver, Johnny (b. 1940) | country music singer |
| Cash, Johnny (b. 1932) | guitar, country music singer |
| Cash, Tommy (b. 1940) | country music singer |
| Clark, Roy (Linwood) (b. 1933) | bass (instrument), singer |
| Cline, Patsy (b. 1932 d. 1963) | country music singer, vocals |
| Cochran, Hank (b. 1935) | singer, songwriter |
| Cooley, Spade [Donnell Clyde] (b. 1910 d. 1969) | country music singer, fiddle |
| Cooper, Stoney (b. 1918 d. 1977) | singer, vocals |
| Cooper, Wilma Lee (b. 1921) | country music singer, vocals |
| Copas, Cowboy (b. 1913 d. 1963) | singer, guitar |
| Craddock, Billy [Crash] (b. 1939) | singer, vocals |
| Cramer, Floyd (b. 1933) | piano, singer |
| Curless, Dick (b. 1932) | singer, guitar |
| Dalhart, Vernon (b. 1883 d. 1948) | kazoo, pioneer country singer |
| Davis, Danny (b. 1925) | country music singer, trumpeter |
| Davis, Jimmie [James Houston] (b. 1902 a. 1937) | country music singer |
| Davis, Mac (b. 1942) | composer, lyricist |
| Davis, Skeeter (b. 1931) | country music singer, songwriter |
| De Witt, Lew C. (b. 1938 d. 1990) | singer |
| Dean, Jimmy (b. 1928) | country music singer, vocals |
| Delmore, Alton (b. 1908 d. 1964) | country music singer, vocals |
| Delmore, Rabon (b. 1910 d. 1952) | country music singer, vocals |
| Dexter, Al (b. 1905 d. 1984) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Dickens, Little Jimmy [James C.] (b. 1925) | country music singer, guitar |
| Dillard, Doug [Douglas Flint] (b. 1937) | country music singer |
| Dillard, Rodney Adean (b. 1942) | country music singer |
| Dixon, Dorsey (b. 1897 d. 1968) | singer, guitar |
| Dollar, Johnny [John Washington] (b. 1933 d. 1986) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Driftwood, Jimmy (b. 1917) | country music singer, guitar |
| Drusky, Roy (b. 1930) | singer, vocals |
| Dudley, Dave (b. 1928) | singer, guitar |
| Duncan, Johnny (b. 1938) | country music singer |
| Edmondson, Travis (a. 1950) | country music singer |
| Edmonson, Dian |
| Edwards, Jonathan |
| Edwards, Stoney (b. 1937) | country music singer |
| Evans, Dale (b. 1912) | singer, vocals |
| Everly, Don [Isaac Donald] (b. 1937) | singer |
| Everly, Phil (b. 1939) | composer, guitar |
| Fadden, Jimmie (b. 1948) | guitar, singer |
| Fargo, Donna (b. 1949) | country music singer |
| Felts, Narvel (b. 1938) | country music singer, vocals |
| Flatt, Lester Raymond (b. 1914 d. 1979) | blues singer, vocals |
| Foley, Red [Clyde Julian] (b. 1910 d. 1968) | country music singer |
| Ford, Tennessee Ernie (b. 1919 d. 1991) | singer |
| Ford, Whitey [Benjamin Francis] (b. 1901 d. 1986) | comedian, instrumentalist |
| Frazier, Dallas (b. 1939) | country music singer, vocals |
| Friedman, Kinky [Richard] (b. 1944) | country music singer |
| Frizzell, Lefty [William Orville] (b. 1928 d. 1975) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Gentry, Bobbie (b. 1944) | singer, vocals |
| Grammer, Billy [William Wayne] (b. 1925) | guitar, singer |
| Gray, Claude (b. 1932) | singer, vocals |
| Gray, Otto (b. 1890 d. 1967) | singing cowboy |
| Greene, Jack (Henry) (b. 1930) | drums, singer |
| Guthrie, Woody [Woodrow Wilson] (b. 1912 d. 1967) | cast, composer |
| Hager, Jim |
| Haggard, Merle (b. 1937) | country music singer |
| Hall, Connie (b. 1929) | singer, vocals |
| Hall, Tom T. (b. 1936) | country music singer |
| Hamblen, Stuart (b. 1908 d. 1989) | country music singer, guitar |
| Hamilton, George (b. 1937) | singer, guitar |
| Hanna, Jef |
| Harden, Arleen (b. 1945) | country music singer |
| Harden, Bobby |
| Harden, Robbie | songwriter |
| Harris, Emmylou (b. 1947) | country music singer, bandleader |
| Hart, Freddie (b. 1933) | country music singer |
| Hawkins, Hawkshaw (b. 1921 d. 1963) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Herald, John |
| Hill, Goldie (b. 1933) | country music singer, vocals |
| Holly, Doyle (b. 1936) | country music singer |
| Ibbotson, Jim (b. 1947) |
| Ives, Burl (b. 1909) | cast, folksinger |
| James, Sonny (b. 1929) | country music singer, guitar |
| Jones, Grandpa (b. 1913) | country music singer, guitar |
| Kershaw, Doug (b. 1936) | country music singer, fiddle |
| Kincaid, Bradley (b. 1895 d. 1989) | country music singer, vocals |
| King, Pee Wee (b. 1914) | composer, country-music bandleader |
| Lee, Brenda (b. 1944) | composer, country music singer |
| Lindsey, La Wanda (b. 1953) | country music singer |
| Louvin, Charlie (b. 1927) | singer, vocals |
| Louvin, Ira (b. 1924 d. 1965) | country music singer, vocals |
| Macon, Uncle Dave (b. 1870 d. 1952) | banjo, country music singer |
| Maddox, Rose (b. 1926) | country music singer, vocals |
| Mainer, J.E. (b. 1898 d. 1971) | country music singer |
| McEuen, John (b. 1945) | guitar, banjo |
| Montana, Patsy (b. 1914) | composer, vocals |
| Nelson, Rick [Eric Hilliard] (b. 1940 d. 1985) | cast, rock & roll singer |
| Newbury, Mickey [Milton S.] (b. 1940) | singer, vocals |
| Newman, Jimmy [Jimmy Yves] (b. 1927) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Orbison, Roy (Kelton) (b. 1936 d. 1988) | composer, guitar |
| Osborne, Bob (b. 1931) | mandolin, tenor |
| Owens, Bonnie (b. 1933) | country music singer, guitar |
| Owens, Buck [Alvis Edgar jr] (b. 1929) | country music singer, guitar |
| Parsons, Gram (b. 1946 d. 1973) | singer, songwriter |
| Parton, Dolly (Rebecca) (b. 1946) | country music singer, vocals |
| Pearl, Minnie (b. 1912) | country music singer, vocals |
| Perkins, Carl (Lee) (b. 1932) | guitar, singer |
| Pierce, Webb (b. 1926 d. 1991) | country music singer, vocals |
| Pillow, Ray (b. 1937) | country music singer, guitar |
| Posey, Sandy (b. 1945) | singer |
| Presley, Elvis (Aaron) (b. 1935 d. 1977) | singer, songwriter |
| Randolph, Boots [Homer Louis Randolph III] (b. 1925) | saxophone |
| Raye, Susan (b. 1944) | country music singer |
| Reeves, Jim [James Travis] (b. 1924 d. 1964) | country music singer, rhthym guitar |
| Reid, Don S. (b. 1945) | country music singer |
| Reid, Harold W. (b. 1939) | singer |
| Rice, Bobby G. (b. 1944) | country music singer, singer |
| Rich, Charlie [Charles Allen] (b. 1932) | composer, country music singer |
| Rinzler, Ralph (b. 1934) | singer, mandolin |
| Ritter, Tex [Maurice Woodward] (b. 1906 d. 1974) | singing cowboy, country music singer |
| Robbins, Marty (b. 1925 d. 1982) | country music singer, vocals |
| Robison, Carson Jay (b. 1890 d. 1957) | country and western singer, guitar |
| Rodgers, Jimmie [James Charles] (b. 1897 d. 1933) | country music guitar, vocals |
| Rodriguez, Johnny [John Raul Davis] (b. 1951) | conga, country music singer |
| Rogers, David (b. 1936) | country music singer |
| Rogers, Roy (b. 1911) | country music singer, guitar |
| Scruggs, Earl (b. 1924) | banjo, country and western singer |
| Seals, Troy (b. 1938) | country music song writer, guitar |
| Seely, Jeannie [Marilyn Jeanne] (b. 1940) | country music singer |
| Shaver, Billy Joe (b. 1939) | country music singer |
| Shepard, Jean (b. 1933) | singer, string bass |
| Simpson, Red (b. 1934) | singer, songwriter |
| Snow, Hank (b. 1914) | country music singer, guitar |
| South, Joe (b. 1942) | singer, vocals |
| Sovine, Red [Woodrow Wilson] (b. 1918 d. 1980) | country music singer, vocals |
| Steagall, Red [Russell] (b. 1937 a. 1967) | country music singer |
| Thompson, Les |
| Trask, Diana (b. 1940) | country music singer |
| Travis, Merle (Robert) (b. 1917 d. 1983) | country music singer, guitar |
| Tubb, Ernest (b. 1914 d. 1984) | country music singer, vocals |
| Twitty, Conway (b. 1933 d. 1993) | singer, vocals |
| Tyler, T. Texas (b. 1916 d. 1972) | country music singer, vocals |
| Wakefield, Frank (b. 1934) | librettist, mandolin |
| Walter, Jerome | country music singer |
| Weissberg, Eric (b. 1939 a. 1958) | banjo, guitar |
| Wells, Kitty (b. 1919) | country music singer, vocals |
| Whitman, Slim (b. 1924) | country balladeer, vocals |
| Williams, Hank (b. 1923 d. 1953) | country music singer, guitar |
| Williams, Hank Jr. [Randall Hank] (b. 1949) | country music singer, guitar |
| Williams, Tex (b. 1917 d. 1985) | country music singer, vocals |
| Willis, Guy (b. 1915 d. 1981) | country music singer |
| Willis, Skeeter (b. 1907 d. 1976) | country music singer |
| Willis, Vic (b. 1922) | conductor, country music singer |
| Wills, Bob [James Robert] (b. 1905 d. 1975) | composer, violin |
| Wiseman, Mac (b. 1925) | country music singer, guitar |
| Wiseman, Scotty (b. 1909 d. 1981) | singer, guitar |
| Wynette, Tammy (b. 1942) | country music singer, songwriter |
| Yellen, Bob |