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Webb Pierce, classic honky-tonker who dominated '50s country music. Kitty Wells, country's first female superstar, called the "Queen of Country Music". Johnny Cash created the boom-chicka-boom sound and recorded music from 1954 to 2003. Ray Price, created the 4/4 shuffle which transformed traditional country music.
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, even if they were not exclusively country music performers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
American alternative country singers (117 P) N. Nashville Star contestants (1 C, 15 P) R. American country rock singers (141 P) S. American country singer-songwriters ...
The No. 1 Black country music star in the world got his start in a rock band called Hootie and the Blowfish. They achieved wide mainstream success until 2008, when Darius decided to go solo.
Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 – December 16, 2013) [1] was an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone is regarded as among the best male voices of country music, [2] and his innovations, such as propelling the country beat from 2/4 to 4/4, known as the "Ray Price beat", helped make country music more popular.
Just over a decade ago, Kacey Musgraves emerged as a fresh new voice in country music – a mid-tempo storyteller with an incredible acuity both in her lyrics and in her instrumentation, knowing ...
Voice classification is a tool for singers, composers, venues, and listeners to categorize vocal properties and to associate roles with voices. While useful, voice classification systems have been used too rigidly, i.e. a house assigning a singer to a specific type and only casting him or her in roles they consider belonging to this category. [3]
Charley Pride, Tracy Chapman, and Beyoncé—yes, really—are some of the Black country singers who have made their mark on the genre. 5 Black Country Singers Who Have Made History, Including ...