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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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What Putnam County traditional musician was known as the "Banjo Man from Turkey Creek?"
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This Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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On May 1, 1940, the city of Wheeling hosted a special day honoring this opera singer, who was born there.
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St. Albans native Tommy Thompson was a founding member of this band.
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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is headquartered in this city.
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Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
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"The Wreck on the C&O" is a folk song about a deadly train wreck near which city?
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Logan County native Jim Foglesong was known primarily as a producer of what type of music?
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This Huntington musician was one of the stars of the Harlem Renaissance, performing with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and Marian Anderson.
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