Charlie McCoy
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Charles Ray “Charlie” McCoy (born March 28, 1941 in Oak Hill, West Virginia) is a Grammy-winning American session musician noted mainly for his harmonica performance, but also for his skill on a wide variety of instruments. In 2009 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Based in Nashville, McCoy has performed...
Floyd Cramer
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Floyd Cramer (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the Nashville sound. He was known for his “slip note” piano style, in which an out-of-key note slides into the correct note.
Jerry Kennedy
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Jerry Glenn Kennedy (born 10 August 1940) is an American record producer, songwriter and guitar player. Kennedy signed a recording contract with RCA Records at age 11. He subsequently recorded several singles, several of which included Chet Atkins. Thereafter Kennedy became something of a teen idol at his high school. Though he never became a...
Hank Garland
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Walter Louis “Hank” Garland (11 November 1930 – 27 December 2004) was a studio musician who performed with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Moon Mullican, Brenda Lee, Roy Orbison, and Patti Page. Born in Cowpens, South Carolina, Garland began playing the guitar at the age of six. He appeared on local radio shows...
Barbara Orbison
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Barbara Orbison (10 January 1950 – 6 December 2011) was a German-born United States-based entrepreneur, music producer/publisher, and the second wife of American musician Roy Orbison. Barbara Anne Marie Wellhöner Jakobs was born in Bielefeld, Germany on January 10, 1950. Aged 18 years old, Barbara met the 32-year-old Orbison when he asked friends to...
Harold Bradley
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Harold Bradley (born January 2, 1926), also known as Harold Ray Bradley, is an American country and pop guitarist and entrepreneur. In 1954 Owen and Harold built Bradley Film and Recording Studios, later known as the Quonset Hut, which was the first music-industry related business on what is now known as Music Row. Harold enjoyed...