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3729:Road incident deaths in Alabama
2238:from the original on 2018-10-24
2211:. Record Research. p. 369.
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1801:"It's Not Over Till It's Over"
1181:"Bear with Me a Little Longer"
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1072:"Cross the Brazos at Waco"
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1846:"Sweet Lovin' Things"
1510:All Time Greatest Hits
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38:Background information
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3734:Musicians from Dallas
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3508:Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
3028:Carl Butler and Pearl
2499:Thank You for Calling
2035:The Billy Walker Show
1021:Thank You for Calling
869:Thank You for Calling
693:The Billy Walker Show
537:Thank You for Calling
314:Springfield, Missouri
284:Thank You for Calling
272:Shreveport, Louisiana
245:helped him sign with
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83:Fort Deposit, Alabama
48:William Marvin Walker
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3538:Uncle Jimmy Thompson
3123:Little Jimmy Dickens
3113:The Delmore Brothers
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2044:"Let Me Be the One"
1958:"Coffee Brown Eyes"
1860:"Rainbow and Roses"
1767:"Ringgold, Georgia"
1655:"If I'm Losing You"
1588:"I Changed My Mind"
1566:"Too Many Memories"
1480:"Traces of a Woman"
1110:"If It Pleases You"
1027:"The Morning Paper"
1008:"Heart, Be Careful"
419:Nashville, Tennessee
334:Nashville, Tennessee
324:Country music career
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3338:The Louvin Brothers
3158:The Everly Brothers
3148:The Duke of Paducah
3118:The DeZurik Sisters
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1533:"The Hand of Love"
891:"On My Mind Again"
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3048:The Carter Sisters
2782:The Oak Ridge Boys
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926:"I Wish You Love"
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108:Singer, songwriter
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3138:Jimmy Driftwood
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3493:Jean Shepard
3488:Earl Scruggs
3428:Minnie Pearl
3373:Mel McDaniel
3358:Loretta Lynn
3323:Hank Locklin
3318:Pee Wee King
3303:Doug Kershaw
3288:George Jones
3258:Ferlin Husky
3163:Lester Flatt
3098:Cowboy Copas
3083:Jerry Clower
3018:Jim Ed Brown
3008:Margie Bowes
2887:Travis Tritt
2882:Randy Travis
2872:Marty Stuart
2862:Connie Smith
2857:Ricky Skaggs
2812:Stu Phillips
2807:Carly Pearce
2802:Dolly Parton
2792:Brad Paisley
2767:Craig Morgan
2717:Dustin Lynch
2687:Chris Janson
2682:Alan Jackson
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125:Years active
78:(2006-05-21)
76:May 21, 2006
66:Ralls, Texas
23:Billy Walker
3699:2006 deaths
3694:1929 births
3654:Faron Young
3629:Chubby Wise
3588:Dottie West
3583:Kitty Wells
3558:Justin Tubb
3553:Ernest Tubb
3463:Leon Rhodes
3433:Webb Pierce
3388:Bill Monroe
3368:Rose Maddox
3308:Hal Ketchum
3268:Sonny James
3243:Goldie Hill
3238:Hoot Hester
3213:Tom T. Hall
3208:Theron Hale
3198:Jack Greene
3183:Troy Gentry
3078:Patsy Cline
3058:Johnny Cash
2983:Chet Atkins
2973:Eddy Arnold
2968:Jack Anglin
2942:Chris Young
2917:Gene Watson
2902:Keith Urban
2892:Josh Turner
2867:Mike Snider
2837:Don Schlitz
2737:Del McCoury
2647:Diamond Rio
2637:John Conlee
2627:Terri Clark
2607:Clint Black
1682:Alone Again
858:CAN Country
775:Alone Again
464:Discography
430:Terri Clark
392:RCA Records
380:Fred Foster
369:Patsy Cline
255:Lone Ranger
217:Waco, Texas
207:Early years
170:billywalker
3688:Categories
3543:Mel Tillis
3528:Texas Ruby
3518:Red Sovine
3503:Carl Smith
3468:Tex Ritter
3458:Jim Reeves
3453:Del Reeves
3438:Ray Pillow
3348:Ira Louvin
3333:Bobby Lord
3273:Norma Jean
3253:Jan Howard
3188:Don Gibson
3153:Holly Dunn
3143:Roy Drusky
3133:Danny Dill
3128:Joe Diffie
3023:The Browns
2927:Mark Wills
2922:The Whites
2877:Pam Tillis
2677:The Isaacs
2667:Vince Gill
2652:Sara Evans
2632:Luke Combs
2592:Bobby Bare
2399:August 11,
2349:2009-04-17
2321:References
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2190:2021-08-11
2011:US Country
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114:Instrument
104:Occupation
59:1929-01-14
44:Birth name
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3443:Ray Price
3353:Bob Luman
3173:Curly Fox
3168:Red Foley
3068:Roy Clark
2958:Roy Acuff
2797:Jon Pardi
2622:Henry Cho
572:Monument
505:Columbia
347:Billboard
318:Red Foley
296:Ray Price
202:Biography
129:1947–2006
3634:Del Wood
2236:Archived
2207:(2004).
2184:Archived
292:Jim Beck
146:Monument
142:Columbia
2299:CMT.com
2270:CMT.com
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2004:Single
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165:Website
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94:Country
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407:London
239:Dallas
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118:Guitar
90:Genres
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2084:Notes
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766:RCA
680:Live
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251:Waco
172:.com
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