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1. December 2013 at age 87, he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. Who is this Country Music Hall of Famer that sang "For the Good Times" to the top of the charts back in 1970?

From Quiz 1970s Country Hits

Answer: Ray Price

Written by Kris Kristofferson and recorded on his debut album, Price's version won Song of the Year by the Academy of Country Music; it has been recorded over two dozen times by various artists.

From Quiz I'm Sure Hank Sang It !

Answer: Hank Williams

"Hey, Good Lookin'" was recorded in 1951, and became Hank's sixth tune to reach number one on the Hot Country 100. "Say hey, good lookin', what ya got cookin' How's about cooking somethin' up with me Hey, sweet baby , don't you think maybe We can find us a brand new recipe" Hank also recorded under the name of Luke the Drifter. Those songs were for the most part spoken, with an accompaniment of a pipe organ. The songs always had a moral message. A few great examples of these are "Pictures from Life's Other Side", "Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals", and my favorite, "Be Careful of Stones That You Throw".

From Quiz Hillbilly Heaven

Answer: Grandpa Jones

Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones was born in Niagara, Kentucky in 1913. He was one of the best "claw hammer" style banjo players. His signature song was "Good Old Mountain Dew," although he had many other hits as well. In 1969 he joined the cast of "Hee Haw," and in 1978 he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Grandpa Jones entered Hillbilly Heaven on February 19, 1998, after suffering a series of strokes.

From Quiz Country Bands / Duos ... Part Two

Answer: The Charlie Daniels Band

"Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye" verse continued: "It would be better if I could forget her 'Cause she sure forgot about me And if it takes all night I'm gonna' do it right I'm gonna' sit here till I can't see" Composed by Charlie Daniels, the song was the final single released (March 1986) from their thirteenth studio album "Me And The Boys", taking a number eight position on Billboard Hot Country Songs. There are fourteen songs on "Live From Iraq" performed for U.S. Troops during the band's USO tour of 2006. A DVD is included documenting the band's Iraq trip.

From Quiz Country Bands / Duos ... Can You Name Them?

Answer: Brooks & Dunn

Continued - last line of first verse to "Thant Ain't No Way To Go": "You never once let on we were falling apart" From their second studio album "Hard Workin' Man", winning a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals; the album was nominated for Best Country Album. Winning also in 1994, Academy of Country Music for Top Vocal Duo, Country Music Association and TNN/Music City News Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year.

From Quiz Country Female Singers, Their Number One Hits

Answer: Reba McEntire

Remainder of chorus to "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter": "Driven by a desperate hunger To the dark of the neon light Oh the heart is a lonely hunter When there's no sign of a love in sight" This song was Reba's nineteenth number one hit (Billboard Hot Country Songs), and the only single released from the album "Read My Mind" to reach number one.

From Quiz Country Male Singers, Their Number One Hits

Answer: Alan Jackson

Chorus to "There Goes": "And there goes your paralyzin' eyes There goes your tantalizin' smile There goes my act of playin' it cool And there go the words I meant to say There go the games I wanted to play There goes my heart fallin' for you" A great tune written by Jackson released July 1997 off of his "Everything I Love" album, his fifteenth number one on Billboard Hot Country Singles.

From Quiz Sing Me Old Country and Western Volume 2

Answer: Johnny Cash

"Daddy Sang Base" spent six weeks at number one on the US Billboard Country chart. This was Johnny Cash's sixty-first song on that chart. According to Johnny Cash the line "Me and little brother will join right in there", refers to Johnny's brother Jack, who died when they were both children. Carl Perkins himself recorded the song the following year for his "Greatest Hits" compilation album and it became a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Country Album chart. The song has also been covered by many artists, some of them being Glen Campbell, Kitty Wells, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Oak Ridge Boys, and The Statler Brothers.

From Quiz Moving To The Country!

Answer: Tim McGraw

McGraw was born in 1967 and married country star Faith Hill in 1996. The Delhi, Louisiana native, ironically got his start in Start, Louisiana, and is a resident, as noted by the large sign on the town limits that emphasize he lives there. His father was Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw, who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball as a relief pitcher. Tim has also taken his talents to the big screen, starring in "The Blind Side", "Friday Night Lights", as well as lead roles in "Flicka" and "Country Strong". Taylor Swift named her debut song "Tim McGraw" in reference to him.

From Quiz Sing Me Old Country and Western

Answer: Buck Owens

"Act Naturally" was recorded by Buck Owens in 1963, with the song reaching number one on the Billboard Country Singles Chart. This song has been covered many times by, among others, Loretta Lynn and Dwight Yoakam. This song is included on the UK album "Help!" by the Beatles, with Ringo Starr singing lead vocals. The Beatles also performed the song on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in 1965. In 1989 the song was recorded as a duet by Buck Owens and Ringo Starr and it rose to number 27 on the Billboard Country Chart that year. That record was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Alvis Edgar Owens Junior, (Buck Owens), was born in 1929 and died in 2006. He and his band, the "Buckaroos", had many hits on the Billboard Country Music Charts. He and Roy Clark co-hosted the TV series "Hee Haw" from 1969 to 1986. He is a member of both the "Country Music Hall of Fame" and the "Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame". He was married and divorced five times.

From Quiz Country Songs ... 1980s

Answer: Judds

It was number one in 1985. Mother/daughter duo are Naomi and Wynonna Judd. The Judds have been awarded five Grammy Awards in the '80s and '90s: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1992.

From Quiz Name The Country Singer

Answer: Brooks and Dunn

These are from their album, "Hillbilly Deluxe."

From Quiz Let Me Introduce Myself

Answer: Garth Brooks

Garth's first chart hit was "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)", which also helped relaunch another country artist. Garth mentions listening to a tape of Chris Ledoux, which sparked interest in Ledoux's music. The two later did a duet on "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy".

From Quiz Name That Country Artist

Answer: Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire is one of the most successful female country music artists in history. Reba was born March 28, 1955 in McAlester, Oklahoma. In 2001, she began her role on the hit television series "Reba" as Reba Hart.

From Quiz Different Newer Country Songs

Answer: Reba McEntire

This song talks about that anyone standing next to you could be your soul mate. It also tells a story about this man who has a crush on this lady who lives above him. He finds out though that his waitress is really nice and starts going out with her instead.

From Quiz Songs by Major Artists You Probably Don't Know

Answer: Billy Gilman

All of these songs come from Billy's third cd "Dare to Dream."

From Quiz Who Sings It? 6

Answer: Chris Cagle

A #33 hit off of his "Play It Loud" CD. My favorite Chris Cagle song. It just didn't go over well I guess since it barely made it up the charts.

From Quiz Who Sang It?

Answer: Trini Triggs

The CD, which only had 2 singles, was released in August of 1998. Not long after that, Trini Triggs left country music.

From Quiz Who Sings It?

Answer: Keith Urban

'Raining on Sunday'.

From Quiz Who Sings It? 3

Answer: Steve Holy

My favorite song by Steve Holy. It is on hie 'Blue Moon' CD. He took it up to #27.

From Quiz Who Sings It? 2

Answer: Steve Holy

It spent 5 weeks at #1. It was his first #1. It is from his album 'Blue Moon'. This song was the #2 song for all of 2002.

From Quiz Who Sings It ? 1

Answer: Lonestar

From their #10 hit "With Me". It's on their CD 'I'm Already There'.

From Quiz Country Songs

Answer: Dan Tyminski

This song was from the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Really an awesome movie if you like Bluegrass. John Hartford did the instrumental version for the soundtrack album. Even though George Clooney is related to 50's diva Rosemary Clooney, he was the only one of the actors in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" who did not sing his songs.

From Quiz Country Artists

Answer: Shania Twain

This song comes off the album "The Woman in Me". The album was released in 1995 and produced by Robert "Mutt" Lange.

From Quiz Mixed Country Music Songs

Answer: Brooks and Dunn

This song was recorded in 1996. Written by Daniel Moore and B.W. Stevenson.

From Quiz Faith Hill or Martina McBride?

Answer: Martina

From the album 'Wild Angels'.

From Quiz Who Sang It?

Answer: Brad Paisley

He sang this at the Grand Ole Opry.

From Quiz Name The Country Music Artist

Answer: Joe Diffie

'Pick Up Man' by Joe Diffie

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