Zella Lehr is an American singer and entertainer. She had hit records on RCA Records and Columbia Records, most notably Two Doors Down, a song written by Dolly Parton. She had been on the Billboard Magazine Country charts for 18 weeks and in 1980 was nominated by the Academy of Country Music and Cashbox Magazine for the ‘Most Promising Female Vocalist’ award.
Zella has spent her life on stage, making her debut at the age of seven along with her Mom, Dad and two brothers performing as ‘The Lehr Family’. She made guest appearances on the Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson before becoming a regular on the CBS television show Hee Haw as the ‘unicycle girl’. A TV Guide article of her exploits led to her first Las Vegas showroom engagement, which in turn resulted in appearances with Wayne Newton, Sammy Davis Jr., Glen Campbell, and the Statler Brothers. After relocating to Reno, Nevada she was named Northern Nevada’s Entertainer of the Year for seven years in a row. She now lives in South Florida, where she continues to sing and entertain along with musician Phil Cristian.
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Zaca Creek was an American country music group formed in 1989. The band consisted of brothers Gates, Scot, Jeff and James Foss. Their debut single, “Sometimes Love’s Not a Pretty Thing,” was their only song to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at #38. It was included on their eponymous debut album, issued in 1989 on Columbia Records. The group was signed by Giant Records in 1992, who released their second album, Broken Heartland.
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Yankee Grey was an American country music group originally composed of six members: David Buchanan (bass guitar), Matthew Basford (lead guitar), Joe Caverlee (fiddle), Kevin Griffin (drums), Jerry Hughes (keyboards), and Tim Hunt (lead vocals), all of whom met in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Founded in 1986, the band toured throughout the state of Ohio before being signed to a record deal with Monument Records in 1999. The same year, they made their debut on the Billboard country music charts with the Top Ten single “All Things Considered”, followed by the release of their debut album Untamed, which produced two more hit singles on the country charts. After exiting Monument, they signed to the independent Stonewall label in 2002, shortly before the departure of lead singer Tim Hunt; although Hunt was briefly replaced with Lyle Gudmunsen, the band’s members parted ways in 2002.
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Wynonna Ellen Judd (born Christina Claire Ciminella, May 30, 1964 in Ashland, Kentucky) is an American country music singer. Her solo albums and singles are all credited to the singular name Wynonna (pronounced /wa??no?n?/). Wynonna first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother, Naomi, in the country music duo The Judds. The duo released seven albums on Curb Records, in addition to charting twenty-six singles, of which fourteen were Number One hits.
After The Judds disbanded in 1991, Wynonna began a solo career, also on Curb. In her solo career, she has released eight studio albums, a live album and a compilation album, in addition to charting more than twenty singles of her own. Her first three singles ? “She Is His Only Need”, “I Saw the Light” and “No One Else on Earth” ? all reached Number One on the U.S. country singles charts, as did 1996’s “To Be Loved by You”. Three of her albums are certified platinum or higher by the RIAA. Her most recent recording, Sing: Chapter 1, was released on February 3, 2009. Wynonna is most recognized for her musical work, although starting in the 2000s, has also pursued other interests, including acting and philanthropy.
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Wyatt Merle Kilgore (August 9, 1934 ? February 6, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and manager.
Although born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, Merle Kilgore was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. As a boy of 14 he carried the guitar for Hank Williams at the Louisiana Hayride beginning a close relationship with the Williams family that would last three generations.
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Woody Lee is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Atlantic Records in 1995, he released his debut album Get over It that year. It produced the singles “Get over It” and “I Like the Sound of That”. Before the release of his album, he co-wrote “I See It Now” for labelmate Tracy Lawrence.[1]
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Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 ? January 2, 1974), better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and was the father of actor John Ritter. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Ritter was born in Murvaul, Texas, the son of James Everett Ritter and Martha Elizabeth Matthews. He grew up on his family’s farm in Panola County and attended grade school in Carthage. He attended South Park High School in Beaumont. After graduating with honors, he entered the University of Texas at Austin; he studied pre-law, majoring in government, political science and economics.
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Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie (July 14, 1912?? October 3, 1967) is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children’s songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is “This Land Is Your Land”, which is regularly sung in American schools. Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress.[1]
Guthrie traveled with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California and learned traditional folk and blues songs. Many of his songs are about his experiences in the Dust Bowl era during the Great Depression, earning him the nickname the “Dust Bowl Troubadour”.[2] Throughout his life Guthrie was associated with United States communist groups, though he was never an actual member of any.[dead link][3]
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Winford Lindsey Stewart (June 7, 1934 – July 17, 1985), better known as Wynn Stewart, was an American country music performer. He was one of the progenitors of the Bakersfield sound. Although not a huge chart success, he was an inspiration to such greats as Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.
Wynn Stewart was born in Morrisville, Missouri in 1934, during the Depression. He spent most of his childhood moving around the country with his sharecropping family. After World War II, Stewart spent a year working at KWTO-AM in Springfield, Missouri. In 1948, he moved to California with his family. Stewart originally wanted to become a professional baseball player, but suffered from a hand disease and was also too short to play professional baseball. In high school Stewart formed a band that played at clubs around California. He soon met steel guitarist Ralph Mooney, who joined Stewart’s band. The group’s lineup consisted of guitarist Roy Nichols and bassist Bobby Austin.
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Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains iconic, especially in American popular culture.
He has continued to tour, record and perform in recent years, and these activities, combined with his advocacy for marijuana legalization and 2006 arrest for marijuana possession, have made him the subject of renewed media attention.[1]
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