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Nashville Became Music City USA (Address to Nashville Historical and Genealogical Society)". Nashville Historical and Genealogical Society, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Novelty Songs: The Comedic Tradition in Country Music." In The Routledge Companion to Popular Music and Humor ed by Thomas Kitts and Nick Baxter-Moore, Routledge Press
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Randy Travis: the King of the New Country Traditionalists
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Waiting in the Wings: African-Americans in Country Music
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Saved by Song: A History of Gospel and Christian Music
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Saved by Song: A History of Gospel and Christian Music
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1037:Guide to United States Popular Culture
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649:Winston Churchill's Love of Music
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1469:Rau, Nate (September 19, 2014).
1314:James Weldon Johnson: Songwriter
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1019:Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
943:. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
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888:Sandi Patti: the Voice of Gospel
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1030:Encyclopedia of Protestantism
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808:: I'll Hold You in My Heart
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800:. New York: Hal Leonard.
793:. New York: Hal Leonard.
791:: Poet of the Common Man
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1582:. Brackish Publishing.
874:: Country Music's Queen
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864:The Poet as Performer
857:: the Complete Lyrics
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606:Johnny Cash: The Life
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