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1388:Johnny Hardy
1339:Rose Maddox
1210:Hank Locklin
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1142:Family Bible
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2191:Buck Owens
2015:Jim Reeves
1980:Buck Owens
1957:Don Winters
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1301:Webb Pierce
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1284:Hello Fool
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992:Claude King
938:Faron Young
854:Top Pop 100
767:Patsy Cline
747:Kitty Wells
718:Faron Young
713:Hello Walls
693:Don't Worry
664:Spec. Note
560:Patsy Cline
479:Archaeology
258:By location
97:introducing
3200:Categories
2532:Jimmy Dean
2452:Toby Keith
2344:The Browns
2175:Buck Owens
2169:Buck Owens
1969:Ray Price
1816:Ray Price
1813:Soft Rain
1750:Don Gibson
1708:Hank Snow
1626:Optimistic
1474:Loose Talk
1414:Carl Smith
1351:Roy Drusky
1314:Tex Ritter
1173:Buck Owens
1018:Jim Reeves
951:Del Reeves
934:Backtrack
840:Jimmy Dean
815:Walk on By
804:" in 1959.
778:August 21
669:January 9
661:Wks. No.1
598:Acuff-Rose
558:June 14 —
549:Carl Smith
545:Tex Ritter
499:Philosophy
489:Literature
177:newspapers
36:improve it
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2450:July 8 —
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2397:Columbia
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2271:Hank Snow
2113:Joe South
2055:Wilma Lee
1665:Po' Folks
1435:Last Date
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1154:Flat Top
1055:Cozy Inn
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903:Billboard
896:Billboard
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537:Rex Allen
529:-TV airs
42:talk page
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