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Texas Country Singers contains brief biographies of twenty-seven
Texas singers. The artists chosen are traditional country singers
like Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Thompson, Willie Nelson, and
Ray Price. The authors have not included rockabilly artists, modern
country-pop singers, singers of local or regional reputation, or
singers of purely western songs. The twenty-seven singers are Texas
born, admittedly an artificial discrimination, but one made
necessary by the size of these small books.The authors include some
almost forgotten names like Vernon Dalhart, the earliest Texas
country singer to make a national name, and Moon Mullican, a
singer/pianist who influenced Jerry Lee Lewis and other piano
playing singers. Fans with long memories won't forget Adolph
Hofner, Tommy Duncan, Milton Brown, and Stuart Hamblen (who once
came in fourth in a race for President of the United States). And
everyone still remembers Gene Autry, Jim Reeves, Tex Ritter, Buck
Owens, Waylon Jennings, Tanya Tucker, Lee Ann Womack, and the
contemporary king of Texas country, George Strait. Each sketch
includes the best-known songs, as well as the awards and honors
each earned.
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