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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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Cozy Records, one of the most successful companies of its kind in West Virginia, was located in this town.
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This Raleigh County native's biggest hit was "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose."
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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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What Huntington native died in the same plane crash that killed country music legend Patsy Cline?
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This Fayette County native played guitar on several Bob Dylan albums and was music director of the TV show Hee Haw.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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This musician won the banjo contest at the West Virginia State Folk Festival at age 67 in 1975.
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This Braxton County fiddler was the first West Virginian to be named a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
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Which one of the following songs was NOT a hit for Raleigh County native Bill Withers?
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