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Think you know a lot about country
music and its stars? Well, did you know....
Q. Can you
name the song that contains these lyrics: "...You say you're gonna
take him, oh, but I don't think you can, 'Cause you ain't woman enough
to take my man."
A. Song: "You Ain't Woman Enough" 1966
Artist: Loretta Lynn
Q. Name Ronnie Milsap's
first No. 1 single.
A. Pure Love
Q. What country singer once owned the California Angels Baseball team?
A. Gene Autry
Q. Who sang the fabulous song "Love Without End, Amen?"
A. George Strait. A song about a dad's love
for his children.
Q. What as the price on the trademark tag on Minnie Pearl's straw
hat?
A. $1.98
Q. What humorous song is this line from: "You can't take a shower
in a parakeet cage"?
A. Roger Miller's "You Cant Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd"
Q. What was Johnny Cash's first single?
A. "Cry, Cry, Cry" in 1955. His first hit single was "I
Walk the Line" in 1956.
Q. What Harlan Howard song was made famous by Patsy Cline?
A. "I Fall to Pieces"
Q. Can you name the country artist that sang "The Fightin' Side of
Me"?
A. Merle Haggard
Q. Which country artist sang the song "Honky Tonk Girl"?
A. Loretta Lynn
Q. Which country artist sang jingles for McDonalds, Miller, and Budweiser?
A. T. Graham Brown
Q.Who discovered Alan Jackson?
A. Tim DuBois
Q. Who received CMA's "Female Vocalist of the Year" Award four
years in a row starting in 1984?
A. Reba McEntire
Q. Can you name the first three artists to be inducted into the "Country
Music Hall of Fame"? What year?
A. Jimmie Rodger, Fred Rose and Hank Williams - 1961
Q. Who sang "Honky Tonk Angels"?
A. Kitty Wells
Q. This country music star has been called "King of the
Cowboys" who is he?
A. Roy Rogers
Q. What country artist was in the movie American
Grafitti?
A. Wynonna Judd
Q. This country artist won the first Grammy Award for "Dang
Me." Who was he and what year?
A. Roger Miller, 1964
Q. Before stardom, she was a barrel racer at rodeos, who is she?
A. Reba McEntire
Q. He had 30 consecutive Number One hits from 1968 to 1977, who is he?
A. Conway Twitty
Q. Which country artist is nicknamed "Tater"?
A. "Little" Jimmy Dickens
Q. What two instruments does Dolly Parton play?
A. Guitar and Banjo.
Q. Who did Willie Nelson once offer to sell the song "Hello
Walls" to for $500?
A. Faron Young. Faron turned him down, and instead loaned him the money.
Q. Which 2003 nominee won Musician of the year last year?
A. Jerry Douglas
Q. 1967 was the first year of the CMA Awards. What song
was crowned Song of the Year?
A. "There Goes My Everything"
Q. Who took home the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year award in
1967?
A. Loretta Lynn
Q. Who took home the CMA Male Vocalist of the Year award in 1983?
A. Lee Greenwod.
Q. Who took home the CMA Entertainer of the Year award in 1967?
A. Our favorite Tennesse Plowboy, Eddy Arnold.
Q. What 1975 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee's real name is Sarah
Ophelia Colley Cannon?
A. Minnie Pearl
Q. Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records and who gave us Elvis Presley,
passed away Wednesday. Can you name the country stars careers Phillips
also helped launch?
A. Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Charlie
Rich.
Q. What country star is called "The Tennesse Plowboy"?
A. Eddy Arnold. Eddy plowed behind mules until he was 11 years old, on
the family farm in Henderson, Tennesse.
Q. What CMT Top 100 Country song was inspired by the movie "The
Asphalt Jungle"?
A. "Green, Green Grass of Home". Recorded by Porter Wagoner.
It was #66 on the Top 100 Countdown.
Q. What George Jones' song did George himself say, "I love the song,
but I don't think it is going to do well because it's so dang sad..."?
A. George's 1980 Hit Song "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Q. June Carter Cash began her career singing with her family and also
playing what musical instrument?
A. The Autoharp
Q. Who did an 18 year-old Elvis say he sounded like when asked by a Sun
Studio executive?
A. Nobody. "I don't sound like nobody."
Q. Which country artist has crafted more than 400 plainspoken story-songs?
A. Johnny Cash
Songs included (but not limited to) stories about families, coal miners,
farmers, Native Americans, and cowboys.
Q. Which song is thought to be the first song
about trucks?
A. "Truck Driver Blues" (1939) by Cliff Bruner.
Q. Which country star had his own local radio show by the time he graduated
from high school?
A. Willie Nelson
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You Let Us Know
Favorite Tammy and George song:
Near You
Golden Ring
We're Going to Hold On
In telling us your favorite all time duet, we had a tie:
George and Tammy
Conway and Loretta
Honorable mention includes:
Waylon and Willie
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
Waylon and Jessie Colter
Favorite Man in Black Song in order of popularity:
Give
My Love to Rose
Folsom Prison Blues
A Boy Named Sue
Ring of Fire
I Walk the Line
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Ballard of Ira Hayes
This one is for the guys. Of the women listed below (and in famous songs)
which one is for you?
53% Amanda
18% Lucille
12% Jolene
12% Bobby McGee
5% other
Alison Krauss' beautiful voice is featured in yet another hit movie
"Cold Mountain" What is your favorite Alison Krauss song?
55% - When You Say
Nothing At All
45% - Down to the River to Pray
Honorable Mention:
Oh Atlanta
Whiskey Lullaby (duet with Brad Paisley)
In
your opinion, which country crossover duet partner best compliments
Willie Nelson?
66% - Ray Charles
25% - Sheryl Crow
9% - Julio Iglesias
Musician of the year
(according to Rick Jackson poll):
50% - Randy Scruggs -
Guitar
33% - Aubrey Haynie - Fiddle/Mandolin
17% - Paul Franklin - Steel Guitar
Song
of the year (according
to Rick Jackson poll):
43% Three Wooden Crosses
23%
Have You Forgotten
22% Beer For My Horses
6% Red Dirt Road
5% Celebrity
Female
Vocalist of the year (according to Rick Jackson poll):
38% Martina McBride
38% Alison Kraus
19% Patty Loveless
5% Dolly Parton
0%Terri Clark
Male Vocalist of the year
(according to Rick Jackson poll):
41% George Strait
20% Toby Keith
16% Brad Paisley
12% Alan Jackson
11% Kenny Chesney
Entertainer of the year
goes to (according to the Rick Jackson poll):
41% - Alan Jackson
35% - Toby Keith
17% - Brooks and Dunn
7% - Kenny Chesney
0% - Tim McGraw
Ones you said were missing from the list:
Johnny Cash
Garth Brooks
Alabama
The Dixie Chicks
In
addition to Roy Acuff, you said these country stars also deserver their
own postage stamp:
Jimmy
Dean
Patsy Cline
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams Sr.
Songs you never get tired of include:
- The Race is On
- He Stopped Loving Her Today
- She Don't Know
She's Beautiful
- A Boy Named Sue
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Past Poll Results
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