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739:George Jones
703:Record Label
590:George Jones
484:Mack Vickery
480:Hank Cochran
381:Larry Butler
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222:Randy Travis
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121:Norro Wilson
53:George Jones
48:Studio album
1615:1996 albums
1566:Gene Pitney
1512:Live albums
1285:Gene Pitney
1048:Alone Again
585:double bass
572:John Hughey
541:bass guitar
385:Dean Dillon
365:Billy Yates
1609:Categories
1467:Super Hits
1460:By Request
1041:The Battle
950:My Country
657:Don Potter
640:percussion
265:Amazon.com
198:Background
130:chronology
67:1996-08-13
1397:Judy Lynn
675:Pete Wade
634:harmonica
618:Paul Leim
613:keyboards
530:Personnel
346:Writer(s)
248:Reception
233:Billboard
1090:Shine On
908:Love Bug
596:, vocals
562:, fiddle
501:Red Lane
290:Allmusic
253:AllMusic
116:Producer
60:Released
50: by
755:Singles
567:trumpet
519:, Yates
182:artist
163:(1998)
154:(1996)
145:(1995)
81:Country
65: (
1446:Encore
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765:Awards
750:Albums
551:fiddle
349:Length
284:Rating
281:Source
255:calls
87:Length
670:piano
622:drums
560:dobro
343:Title
104:Label
76:Genre
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