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Johnny Cash 7x $471 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1986 June Carter's married name, though she married for love, not money

J $600 2019 (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) Giving a big boost to his career in 1968thissingerwent behind bars to record an epic live album at Folsom Prison

DJ $200 1987 He sings "I wear the black for the poor & beaten down, livin' on the hopeless hungry side of town"

Willie Nelson 5x 40.0% stumper $680 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 1991 This "outlaw" has spearheaded several Farm Aid concerts

J $800 2002 This "Red-Headed Stranger" wrote "Crazy" for Patsy Cline

DJ $1,200 2007 His first No. 1 country hit & first Top 40 pop hit was 1975's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"

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Loretta Lynn 4x 50.0% stumper $575 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1984 A grandma before her 30th birthday, she's the real "Coal Miner's Daughter"

DJ $600 2001 In the 1970s this singer from Butcher Holler teamed with Conway Twitty for 5 No. 1 hits

DJ $1,000 1986 In '72, she became the first woman elected Country Music Assn.'s "Entertainer of the Year"

Keith Urban 4x 25.0% stumper $800 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2023 After moving to Nashville, hejoined a band called The Ranch, but soon had a solo No. 1 country hit with "But For The Grace Of God"

DJ $1,200 2008 When he sings "You're My Better Half", he's no doubt referring to Nicole Kidman

J $200 2010 Though his last name means "pertaining to a city", this "Defying Gravity" singer is a country superstar

Hank Williams 4x $300 avg J:4

J $100 1990 He was born Hiram King Williams

J $500 1992 In 1961, 8 yrs. after he died at age 29, he became one of the 1st inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame

J $100 1985 His '64 film biography was called "Your Cheatin' Heart"

Dolly Parton 4x 50.0% stumper $600 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1987 In 1985, a court ruled that she was the composer of the 1980 hit, "9 to 5"

J $600 2014 When her "Here You Come Again" hit the pop charts in 1977, she said, "I'm not leaving country, I'm just taking it with me"

DJ $1,000 1985 She met her husband Carl Dean at the Wishy-Washy Laundromat on her first day in Nashville in 1964

The Judds 4x $250 avg J:4

J $200 2016 In 2015 this mother-daughter duo reunited for "Girls Night Out", a series of shows in Las Vegas

J $200 1992 This female duo gave their last concert together on Dec. 4, 1991

J $200 1990 This mother and daughter's "Why Not Me" won a Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo in 1985

Kenny Rogers 4x $375 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1998 His 1969 hit with the First Edition, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town", was written by Mel Tillis

DJ $1,200 2004 His 61st album, "Back to the Well", features a new duet with old duet partner Dolly Parton

J $100 1985 This "Gambler" formerly sang with New Christy Minstrels

Worth Knowing (20)

Patsy Cline 3 Mickey Gilley 3 Merle Haggard 3 Kris Kristofferson 3 Waylon Jennings 2 Toby Keith 2 the Oak Ridge Boys 2 Tammy Wynette 2 Shania Twain 2 Jimmy Dean 2 Garth Brooks 2 cowboys 2 Charley Pride 2 Carrie Underwood 2 Buck Owens 2 Billy Ray Cyrus 2 Alabama 2 Conway Twitty 2 Larry Gatlin 2 Darius Rucker 2

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